If you're a pregnant woman and it's been found from a vaginal or rectal swab, you should make sure your health professionals know GBS has been found as it will mean you should be offered intravenous antibiotics as soon as possible once labour has started.
If GBS has been found in a urine sample, you should be given oral antibiotics to treat this. If you're pregnant, it's also an indication that you should be offered intravenous antibiotics as soon as possible once labour has started.
Group B streptococcus (group B strep) is a common bacterium often carried in the intestines or lower genital tract. Although group B strep is usually harmless in adults, it can be serious for the newborns.But if you're pregnant, a group B strep screening test in the third trimester and antibiotic treatment during labor can help protect your baby.
No
I think you mean to say you have a group B strep infection.
There is no need. Group B strep, if present, can cause problems for the pregnancy but it is a normal colonizing bacteria, not an infection that can be caught.
Newborns who are exposed to Group B strep can have inflammation of the brain, spinal cord, blood or lungs. In some cases, this serious complication can result in infant death.
yes
What do you think it is? I have no idea...
This would be the beta group
Group B strep (GBS) most often affects pregnant women, infants, the elderly, and chronically ill adults.
Beta streptococcus or Group B strep is found normally in the body and generally does not cause symptoms. Sometimes it can cause infections such as sepsis and meningitis as well as can be contributing factor to diabetes and heart failure. Treatment for Group B strep is done through intravenous antibiotics.
Strep throat is caused by streptococcal (strep) bacteria.
Group A beta strep are responsible for strep throat, most commonly.