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B group pregnancy strep is a preventable disease in newborns.
B group pregnancy strep is a preventable illness in newborns. Has your baby suffered mental retardation, blindness, deafness, seizures, speech delay, language delay – or worse – death from Group B Streptococcus? Do you have a medical malpractice lawsuit?
Group B streptococcus or b group strep (GBS) is a type of bacteria that causes illness in newborn babies, pregnant women, the elderly, and adults with other illnesses, such as diabetes or liver disease.
B group pregnancy strep is the most common cause of life-threatening infections in newborns.
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B group pregnancy strep is the most common cause of blood infection and meningitis (infection of the fluid and lining surrounding the brain in newborns). Group B streptococcus bacteria is a frequent cause of newborn pneumonia and is more common than other, better known, newborn problems such as rubella, congenital syphilis, and spina bifida.
Symptoms of B group strep include, but may not be limited to, seizures, fever, difficulty breathing, and grunting.
Approximately one of every 100 to 200 babies whose mothers carry b group strep develop signs and symptoms of group B strep disease. Among newborns, three-fourths of B group stress cases among newborns occur during the first week of life (also known as early-onset disease). Most of these cases are apparent only a few hours after birth.
Sepsis (blood infection), pneumonia, and meningitis are the most common problems. Premature babies are more susceptible to B group strep infection than full-term babies, but almost 75 percent of babies who get B group strep disease are full term.
Group B streptococcus disease may also develop in infants from one week to several months after birth also known as late-onset disease. Meningitis is more common with late-onset group B streptococcus disease. Only about half of late-onset B group strep among newborns comes from a mother who is a B group strep carrier; the source of infection for others with late-onset B group strep disease is unknown. Late-onset disease is very rare.
In pregnant women, b group strep can cause bladder infections, womb infections, endometriosis, and stillbirth. Among men and among women who are not pregnant, the most common diseases caused by b group stress are blood infections, skin or soft tissue infections, and pneumonia. Approximately 20 percent of men and non-pregnant women with b group strep die.
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