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We also use ampicillin and gentamicin and add metronidazole in case of perforation. We very rarely have positive blood cultures at the onset of NEC so we usually stick with this regimen. But it can be difficult to resist the temptation of broadening spectrum in patients that deteriorate.

New CDC Revised Guidelines for Prevention of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease were presented at the PAS meeting in Vancouver last month. I was not able to attend the meeting. Can anybody tell me what is going to change? Thanks Eric Giannoni, MD University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland