If you have group B streptococcus (GBS) during your pregnancy, there's a chance that you could pass the bacteria on to your baby. In women, GBS bacteria live in the rectum and vagina, so a baby can become infected during childbirth. Infection with GBS can cause serious, even life-threatening, problems in a newborn. These include lung infections, blood infections, and meningitis (inflammation of the tissues around the brain and spinal cord).
If you have group B streptococcus (GBS) during your pregnancy,
there's a chance that you could pass the bacteria on to your baby.
In women, GBS bacteria live in the rectum and vagina, so a baby can
become infected during childbirth....
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Dr. Margit Lister of Intermountain Healthcare answered:If you have group B streptococcus (GBS) during your pregnancy, there's a chance that you could pass the bacteria on to your baby. In women, GBS bacteria live in the rectum and vagina, so a baby can become infected during childbirth. Infection with GBS can cause serious, even life-threatening, problems in a newborn. These include lung infections, blood infections, and meningitis (inflammation of the tissues around the brain and spinal cord).If you have group B streptococcus (GBS) during your pregnancy, there's a chance that you could pass the bacteria on to your baby. In women, GBS bacteria live in the rectum and vagina, so a baby can become infected during childbirth.... More
