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What does GBS Positive mean for pregnant women?
Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a type of bacterial infection that can be found in a pregnant woman's vagina or rectum. This bacteria is normally found in the vagina and/or rectum of about 25 % of all healthy, adult women. Those women who test positive for GBS are said to be colonized. A mother can pass GBS to her baby during delivery. GBS is responsible for affecting about 1 in every 2,000 babies in the United States. Not every baby who is born to a mother who tests positive for GBS will become ill. Although GBS is rare in pregnant women, the outcome can be severe, and therefore physicians include testing as a routine part of prenatal care.
What is GBS?
A GBS is a Global positionig system
Under what circumstances is a fetus most likely to contract GBS from the mother?
Pregnant women are more likely to transmit GBS to their fetuses if they previously delivered a GBS-infected baby; have a urinary tract infection caused by GBS; carry GBS late in pregnancy; or begin labor before 37 weeks of gestation
What percentage of GBS-infected newborns die?
Although immediate penicillin treatment for GBS-infected newborns is very effective, about 5% of GBS-infected newborns die.
How are pregnant women with GBS in their urine treated?
Pregnant women with GBS in their urine are treated with penicillin.
What is 40 stands for in TATA GBS - 40?
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If a is negative then -a is positive proof?
if a is bad, then negative bad or not bad is good.-a means the opposite of a. Since a is negative and the opposite of a negative is positive, -a is positive.
GBS is the frequent cause of what inflammatory lung disease in newborns?
GBS also is a frequent cause of newborn pneumonia.
What is a yottabytle?
I believe its probably 1 trillion gbs because i know that 1 zettabyte is 1 billion gbs
How are newborns with GBS infection treated?
Infants born with congenital GBS infections are treated immediately with intravenous antibiotics.
What causes GBS?
The exact cause of GBS is not known. However, bacterial or viral infections may be a trigger for its development.
GBS in pregnant women may cause what conditions?
Although most GBS carriers have no symptoms, GBS in pregnant women may cause bladder or urinary tract infections; infection of the womb; and stillbirth.
