Short courses of antibiotics are used during the pregnancy puerperium to prevent such infections as group B streptococci (GBS) in newborns, procedure-related bacterial endocarditis, and postpartum ...
2 g IV initial dose then 1 g IV every 8 h until delivery Clindamycin †900 mg IV every 8 h until delivery Erythromycin †500 mg IV every 6 h until delivery If PCN allergic and GBS resistant to ...
The trial will compare two tests with the current approach of testing only "high risk" pregnant women. Each year in the UK there are between 400 to 500 babies born with GBS. Most will fully ...