The lack of data evaluating the clinical manifestations of adverse drug reactions before and during pregnancy shows need for more research in this area for this patient population, according to Ruchi ...

Gestation at <37 weeks, duration of membrane rupture of ≥18 hours, or temperature of ≥100.4 ºF (≥38.0 ºC) are clinical indications for intrapartum prophylaxis if the GBS status is unknown ...

Though some agents like chlorhexidine and povidone iodine have been widely used for preoperative wound prophylaxis and have also been studied for perpartum GBS prophylaxis and as microbicides ...

Currently antibiotic prophylaxis administered to a woman during labour is the main means of preventing GBS disease in newborn infants, but only if the bacterium is detected during pregnancy.