| Front | How is S. agalactiae prevented and treated? |
|---|---|
| Back | • 35-37 weeks pregnancy: mothers screened for colonization • intrapartum IV antibiotics given: ― to colonized mothers ― to mother’s at risk e.g. preterm birth, fever, previous GBS ― ensures protective levels of antibiotics in neonates ― penicillin or clindamycin/lincomycin if hypersensitive ― early 1990s 2 cases /1000 live births ― now 0.4 cases/1000 live births |
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