7 However there is concern that the increased use of antibiotics in women during labor may lead to increases in antibiotic resistance among GBS isolates.7 Also, antibiotic susceptibility tests for resistance to erythromycin and clindamycin are important in cases of penicillin-allergic women who are at risk of anaphylaxis. In Korea, GBS screening and intrapartum prophylaxis are not done routinely, partly because cost-effectiveness has not been shown due to the relative infrequency of GBS infection.
The clinical characteristics of invasive GBS disease in infants in Korea are reported here. An analysis was performed of the serotype distribution of GBS isolates together with the antibiotic resistance patterns.