Pediatrics

Recommendations for the Prevention of Group B Streptococci Issued

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, June 10th, 1996

Pregnant women would be treated with antibiotics during childbirth under new federal recommendations to prevent infections with a common bacteria that can be fatal in newborns.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued two recommendations for treating group B streptococci, which can cause pneumonia, meningitis, respiratory distress, or bloodstream infections in newborns.

Such infections strike about 7,500 U.S. newborns a year, or one in 500. They are often fatal.

The bacteria, found in a woman's reproductive or intestinal tract, can cause urinary tract infections in pregnant women, and in some cases...

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