Group B Strep in pregnancy and newborn babies
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| Group B Strep in pregnancy and newborn babies | |
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| Specialty | Gynaecology |
| Diagnostic method | High vaginal swab, urine culture[1] |
| Frequency | |
| Deaths | 90,000 (age<3-months in 2015)[2] |
Group B Strep, or GBS, may be present in the vagina and gastrointestinal tract without causing harm to a pregnant woman, though may cause infection in the baby.[1][2][3]
Near a third of females carry GBS without having symptoms.[2]
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Refrences
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Morgan, John A.; Zafar, Nowera; Cooper, Danielle B. (2023). "Group B Streptococcus and Pregnancy". StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing. PMID 29494050. Archived from the original on 2023-10-20. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Jones, hristine E.; Heath, Paul T.; Le Doare, Kirsty (2021). "24. GBS and CMV vaccines in pipeline development". In Vesikari, Timo; Damme, Pierre Van (eds.). Pediatric Vaccines and Vaccinations: A European Textbook (Second ed.). Switzerland: Springer. pp. 283–288. ISBN 978-3-030-77172-0. Archived from the original on 2023-10-20. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
- ↑ "Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in pregnancy and newborn babies". cog.or.uk. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.