By Mayo Clinic staff
Group B Streptococcus — also called Group B streptococci — is a common bacterium often carried in the gut or lower genital tract. Although Group b streptococci are usually harmless in adults, can cause pregnancy complications and serious illness in infants. If you are pregnant, health care provider will recommend probably a test group b strep during the third quarter.
During a group b strep test, health care provider will buffer your vagina and rectum and send the samples to a laboratory for testing. In some cases, you may be given instructions on how to collect the samples alone. Because it can occur in certain positive and negative moments at other times, it is necessary to repeat that the Group b strep test whenever you are pregnant.
If the test group b strep is negative, no action is required. If the strep test group b is positive, you will be given antibiotics during labor to prevent disease Group b strep in your child.
Refers to Puopolo KM, et al., infection with Group b strep in pregnant women. http://www.uptodate.com/index. The 29 December 2011. Puopolo KM, et al., infection with Group b Streptococcus in young children and infants. http://www.uptodate.com/index. Accessed 29 December 2011. pregnancy and Group b Streptococcus. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. http://www.ACOG.org/~/media/for%20Patients/faq105.ashx?DMC = TS = 1 & 20111229T1430272285. Accessed on 29 December, 2011. Group B strep (GBS): prevention in infants. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/groupbstrep/about/prevention.html. Accessed 29 December 2011. Centers for disease prevention and control. Prevention of perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease: revised guidelines from CDC, 2010. MMWR. 2010; 59 (Cod. RR-10): 1. http://www.cdc.gov/MMWR/Preview/mmwrhtml/rr5910a1.htm. The 29 December 2011. Murry MM (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota February 24, 2012.
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