The MMWR Recommendations and Reports, "Prevention of Perinatal
Group B Streptococcal Disease: A Public Health Perspective,"
contained two errors.
Page 17, Box 1: Item 3 should read:
3. Remove the swabs from the transport medium and inoculate both
swabs together into selective broth medium. Todd-Hewitt broth
supplemented with either colistin (10 ug/mL) and nalidixic acid (15
ug/mL) or with gentamicin (8 ug/mL) and nalidixic acid (15 ug/mL)
may be used; appropriate commercially available options include Lim
or SBM broth.
Page 20: Figure_3 contained an arrow pointing in the incorrect
direction. The corrected Figure_3E appears below.
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