STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP B

Course overview

GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS (GBS) COMMONLY APPEARS IN UP TO 35% OF HEALTHY WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE OR GASTROINTESTINAL TRACTS. PREGNANT WOMEN COLONIZED WITH GBS CAN TRANSMIT THE BACTERIA TO THEIR NEWBORNS AT THE TIME OF BIRTH. THIS INFECTION CAN LEAD TO NEONATAL SEPSIS AND/OR MENINGITIS. THUS, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO SCREEN AND UNDERSTAND THE CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS AND TREATMENTS FOR GBS INFECTIONS. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE HEALTHCARE TEAM'S ROLE IN THE BACKGROUND, PRESENTATION, PREVENTION, EVALUATION, AND TREATMENT OF GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTIONS.