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. 2019 May 20;19:177. doi: 10.1186/s12884-019-2317-4

Table 3.

Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP) and antibiotic use, class of antibiotic, and GBS test results by confirmed GBS

GBS-negative subjects (n=157) GBS-positive subjects (n=39) p-value
Intrapartum antibiotics use, n (%)a 34 (23.1) 9 (23.1) 0.94
 GBS prophylaxis 6 (4.0) 4 (10.3) 0.12
 C-section prophylaxis 16 (10.6) 4 (10.3) 1.00
 UTI 3 (2.0) 2 (5.1) 0.27
 Prolong rupture of membranes 3 (2.0) 0 (0.0) 1.00
 Suspected amnionitis/chorioamnionitis 2 (1.3) 0 (0.0) 1.00
 Rapid GBS-positive known 11 (7.2) 5 (12.8) 0.33
Rapid-positive for GBS, n (%) 53 (32.9) 14 (35.9) 0.72

aMissing antibiotic data for 10 GBS-negative participants; total n for this sections = 190

Multiple responses were possible for reason for antibiotic use; thus rows sum to greater than total