Provides information for midwives on the nature of the group B streptococcus bacteria and the risks it poses to the wellbeing of the infant. Neonatal infection related to the bacteria; Failure to reduce the mortality and morbidity rates of streptococcus infection; Effectiveness of antibiotic therapy ...
Group B Streptococcus (GBS), or beta strep, is a normal bacterium commonly found in the intestinal tract along with other healthy bacteria. It is a transient bacterial colonization present intermittently throughout a woman's life. When present during pregnancy, women should more accurately be terme...
If you have group B streptococcus and you give birth vaginally, your newborn may contract it as she moves through the birth canal. There’s a small chance your baby may become critically ill from the bacteria, which is why it’s important to get treatment for GBS (in the form of antibi...
Bacteria called group B Streptococcus (group B strep, GBS) cause GBS disease. GBS bacteria commonly live in people’s gastrointestinal and genital tracts. It can cause serious illness in people of all ages, but especially newborns. An average of 15% of all pregnant women worldwide...
Group B Streptococcus, also known as Streptococcus agalactiae, was once considered a pathogen of only domestic animals, causing mastitis in cows. S agalactiae is now best known as a cause of postpartum infection and as the most common cause of neonatal s
Group B streptococcus, orStreptococcus agalactiae, is a gram-positive bacterium commonly found in the genital and gastrointestinal tracts of humans and less frequently in the upper respiratory tracts of children and adults, which poses significant health risks, particularly to neonates, young infants, ...
Group B streptococcus is an important pathogen in man and infection due to this bacteria is responsible for significant mortality and morbidity in neonates. An animal model of neonatal infection caused by group B streptococcus that results from vertical transmission is described. Nine pregnant Sprague-...
group B Streptococcus (S. agalactiae) type III (GBS-III) that expresses desialylated IIIPS, biochemically identical to type 14 capsular PS (PPS14) of Streptococcus pneumoniae (Pn14), in order to directly compare the in vivo PPS14-specific IgG responses to two distinct Gram-positive bacteria....
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Serological group B streptococci (GBS) are common bacteria, which usually remain unnoticed. This is also the case for the almost 20% of pregnant women with vaginal or anal colonization of GBS. The bacteria pose a risk for the babies, however: In the wors