PREVENTION OF NEONATAL GROUP-B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS - IS THERE A RATIONAL PREVENTION STRATEGY

Clinicians, both obstetric and pediatric, are currently faced with the need to choose treatment strategies to reduce the persistent high inc idence of early-onset GBS neonatal disease without being equipped with adequate data to choose conclusively which of the proposed strategies is ideal. There is an urgent need for well-designed prospective rando mized trials comparing the various prevention protocols so as to resol ve conclusively the controversy. The ultimate prevention strategy may well be a successful maternal immunization program.