title: Penicillin prophylaxis and neonatal streptococcal disease.
abstract: Despite a number of efforts no means of preventing neonatal group B beta-hemolytic strep (GBS) infection by maternal treatment or immunization has proved effective. But impetus to a direct approach to the infant has been provided by the serendipitous discovery that routine penicillin prophylaxis for gonococcal ophthalmia may also protect against GBS. Large-scale controlled studies are now under way.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D009878:Ophthalmia Neonatorum / Q000517:prevention & control; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae
chemical_list: D010406:Penicillins