title: Management of Group B streptococcal sepsis risk in well, term newborns.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate how clinically well, term newborns at risk of early-onset Group B streptococcal (EOGBS) disease are currently managed in the United Kingdom (UK).
  
  
  METHODS
  Review of guidelines of UK neonatal units.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One hundred and twenty-five guidelines covering 157 neonatal units were received (71% of UK units), three of which were excluded from the review. We found great variation in every aspect for the management of EOGBS disease risk including the following: definition of risk factors; management of at-risk newborns; choice of antibiotics.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings highlight the need for national consensus guidelines and clinical trials into the management of risk babies at risk of EOGBS disease.
authors: University College Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Behjati
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Prentice
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Rennie
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae; D047929:Term Birth; D006113:United Kingdom