ABSTRACT
Antenatal treatment with benzylpenicillin is not recommended if GBS is detected incidentally earlier in pregnancy, as approximately 21% of women are GBS carriers and it does not reduce the risk of colonization at delivery. Intravenous intrapartum antibiotics should be offered to women if GBS was detected on high vaginal swab in the current pregnancy or GBS bacteriuria in current pregnancy or previous history of neonatal GBS septicaemia, to minimize the risk of early onset neonatal GBS infection.
