… did not significantly reduce neonatal early-onset GBS … neonatal GBS infection within six
days after birth), as illustrated below: ●In 1993, before active efforts at prevention, the incidence …

… outside the neonatal period, comparing 1992–1995 with 1996… this decline mirrors the decline
of early-onset GBS cases over … in perinatal group B streptococcal disease – United States, …

… to reduce the burden of group B Streptococcus … States, the incidence of invasive early-onset
GBS disease has declined from 1.7 cases/1,000 live births in 1993 to 0.76 to 0.77 cases/…

… IAP program reduced the incidence rate of neonatal GBS EOD to be lower than 1‰ after
2012. Pediatricians still should pay attention to infants with GBS LOD since its incidence rate …

… epidemiology of invasive group B streptococcus (GBS) infection. However, no studies have
concurrently compared the epidemiology … pertinent to reduce the risk for acquiring GBS BSI. …

… prophylaxis (IAP) to group B streptococcus (GBS) colonized mothers has led to a significant
decrease in the incidence of both overall and GBS-specific neonatal early-onset sepsis (EOS…

… Citation4 Therefore, intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP) strategy to reduce the neonatal
acquisition of GBS has been applied, and the incidence of EOD declined from 1.8 cases per …

… decreased the incidence of early onset neonatal Group B Streptococcal (GBS) sepsis in the
United States [1–6]… However, the rates of late onset neonatal sepsis have remained largely …

… Consequently, while reducing childhood mortality levels by two-thirds by the year 2015 …
substantially reduce perinatal deaths in high mortality countries [23, 26], perinatal mortality rate (…

… More sensitive and faster methods for detecting GBS colonization would help to obviate
the need for prenatal screening to identify GBS, as well as reducing postpartum complications …