Infants born to infected mothers may be treated with medications even if they show few or no signs of infection.
GBS-infected mothers are less likely to infect their newborns if treated with antibiotics during labor.
Pubic lice are also sometimes seen on the eyelashes of children born to infected mothers.
Infants born with serious infections are treated in the neonatal care unit with intravenous drugs.
Although immediate penicillin treatment for GBS-infected newborns is very effective, about 5% of GBS-infected newborns die.
Most mothers would feel that their newborns are more important.
Unfortunately, half of the newborns infected with Listeria will die from the illness.
Newborns with symptoms of toxoplasmosis are treated with pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine for one year.
Cesarean delivery rather than vaginal delivery seems to reduce the risk of transmission of HPV from mothers to infants.
Newborns, two to three weeks.
The CDC recommends that all babies born to HIV-infected mothers be treated with antipneumonia drugs beginning at four--six weeks and continuing until the infant is found to be HIV-negative.
HPV infection in newborns is treated by surgically removing the warts. If the warts obstruct breathing passages, frequent laser surgery is required. Interferon may be used to reduce the likelihood of recurrence.
Infants born to hepatitis B-infected mothers have a greater-than-95% chance of being protected against the virus if they receive the first dose of vaccine and immune globulin within 12 hours of birth.