Society guideline links: Group B streptococcal infection in pregnant women and neonates

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International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Recommendation on prophylactic antibiotics for women undergoing caesarean section (2021)

●WHO: Recommendation on routine antibiotic prophylaxis for women undergoing operative vaginal birth (2021)

●WHO: Recommendation on vaginal preparation with antiseptic agents for women undergoing caesarean section (2021)

●WHO: Recommendations on choice of antiseptic agent and method of application for preoperative skin preparation for caesarean section (2021)

Canada

●Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC): Clinical practice guideline for the management of group B streptococcal bacteriuria in pregnancy (2012, reaffirmed 2018)

●SOGC: Clinical practice guideline for the prevention of early-onset neonatal group B streptococcal disease (2013, reaffirmed 2018)

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Position statement for the management of term infants at increased risk for early onset bacterial sepsis (2017)

United States

●American Society for Microbiology (ASM): Guidelines for the detection and identification of Group B Streptococcus (2020, updated 2021)

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Red Book – Group B streptococcal infections (2021)

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee opinion on the prevention of group B streptococcal early-onset disease in newborns (2020)

●AAP: Clinical report on the management of infants at risk for group B streptococcal disease (2019)

●AAP: Clinical report on the management of neonates born at ≤34 6/7 weeks' gestation with suspected or proven early-onset bacterial sepsis (2018)

●AAP: Clinical report on the management of neonates born at ≥35 0/7 weeks' gestation with suspected or proven early-onset bacterial sepsis (2018)

●ACOG: Practice bulletin for the use of prophylactic antibiotics in labor and delivery (2018)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on intrapartum management of intraamniotic infection (2017)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on neonatal infection – Antibiotics for prevention and treatment (2021)

●Choosing Wisely UK: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists – Avoid use of antibiotics for group B Streptococcus carriage until labour starts (2018)

●Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG): Green-top guideline for the prevention of early-onset neonatal group B streptococcal disease, 3rd edition (2017)

●NICE: Quality standard on neonatal infection (2014)

Australia–New Zealand

●Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID): Management of perinatal infections, third edition (2022)

●Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG): Maternal Group B Streptococcus in pregnancy – Screening and management (2019)

Japan

●[In Japanese] Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (JSOG): Obstetrics and gynecology clinical practice guidelines – Obstetrics edition (2023)

●[In English] JSOG and Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (JAOG): Guidelines for obstetrical practice in Japan, 2020 edition (published 2023)