PreventionofPerinatalGroupBStreptococcalDisease.pdf

department of health and human services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Recommendations and Reports November 19, 2010 / Vol. 59 / No. RR-10 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report /mmwr Prevention of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease Revised Guidelines from CDC, 2010 Continuing Education Examination available at /mmwr/cme/conted.html MMWR The MMWR series of publications is published by the Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA 30333. Suggested Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [Title]. MMWR 2010;59(No. RR-#):[inclusive page numbers]. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH Director Harold W. Jaffe, MD, MA Associate Director for Science James W. Stephens, PhD Office of the Associate Director for Science Stephen B. Thacker, MD, MSc Deputy Director for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services Stephanie Zaza, MD, MPH Director, Epidemiology Analysis and Program Office Editorial and Production Staff Ronald L. Moolenaar, MD, MPH Editor, MMWR Series Christine G. Casey, MD Deputy Editor, MMWR Series Teresa F. Rutledge Managing Editor, MMWR Series David C. Johnson Lead Technical Writer-Editor Jeffrey D. Sokolow, MA Project Editor Martha F. Boyd Lead Visual Information Specialist Malbea A. LaPete Stephen R. Spriggs Terraye M. Starr Visual Information Specialists Quang M. Doan, MBA Phyllis H. King Information Technology Specialists Editorial Board William L. Roper, MD, MPH, Chapel Hill, NC, Chairman Virginia A. Caine, MD, Indianapolis, IN Jonathan E. Fielding, MD, MPH, MBA, Los Angeles, CA David W. Fleming, MD, Seattle, WA William E. Halperin, MD, DrPH, MPH, Newark, NJ King K. Holmes, MD, PhD, Seattle, WA Deborah Holtzman, PhD, Atlanta, GA John K. Iglehart, Bethesda, MD Dennis G. Maki, MD, Madison, WI Patricia Quinlisk, MD, MPH, Des Moines, IA Patrick L. Remington,