Neonatal sepsis is mainly caused by group B streptococci, which reach the child during delivery because the mother carries the bacteria in her vaginal or anal mucosa. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm0gAbOQKb4?rel=0&showinfo=0] If the mother is an asymptomatic carrier of streptococcus, one strategy to prevent the bacteria’s passage from the mother to the child is to administer antibiotics