If a urine test shows that you have a urinary tract infection caused by a certain level of group B strep (more than 100,000 "colony forming units," or CFU), you'll be treated with oral antibiotics.

(HealthDay News) — Almost all obstetricians collect group B streptococcus screening samples, but practice patterns vary, according to research published in the August issue of the American ...

In January 2016, Shaheen McQuade, 24, and Craig Blackie, 32, gathered 12,000 signatures on a petition calling for all pregnant women to be given the swab test that detects the Group B infection.

Group B Strep is a normal bacteria that is carried by up to one in four women at any one time. It comes and goes and is symptomless in the mother, but potentially very serious if passed on to a ...

Group B strep is a type of bacteria that occurs naturally in some adults and can pass from pregnant women to babies. It often produces no symptoms, but it can be life threatening in babies. Learn ...

To minimize the risk of passing Group B Strep to your baby, moms who test positive for Group B Strep will be given antibiotics during labor through an IV to help get rid of some of the bacteria.

Women are tested for group B streptococcus during pregnancy, but current screening methods can leave some babies at risk for contracting an infection from the bacterium. But the new test, which ...

Group B Streptococcus, which people may call group B strep (GBS), is a type of bacterium that causes GBS disease. GBS can lead to meningitis, which is an infection of the lining of the brain and ...

Despite universal prenatal screening, GBS reported to cause 19.9% of neonatal deaths among preterm neonates. Late-onset GBS-related sepsis ...

Group B streptococcal (GBS) is a common bacteria that likes to live in the human gut and migrate down the rectum, vagina and sometimes to the urinary tract. Not everyone has GBS but even if you do ...

Nexsen Biotech Pty Ltd. developed a rapid diagnostic test for Group B Streptococcus, a highly prevalent and potentially fatal bacteria that is the single largest maternal health problem faced by ...