Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a bacteria about 25% of pregnant women carry. It's rare for babies to get GBS disease from their mothers during labor, but it can be very harmful. So healthcare ...

Two patients had apparent cure of the infection with retention of the prosthesis. Group B streptococcal prosthetic joint infections appear to be a late complication of prosthetic joint replacement ...

Group B streptococcal prosthetic joint infections appear to be difficult to eradicate. Only 2 cases were cured, defined as no recurrence of infection within the first year after treatment.

Dr. Janine Zee-Cheng, a board-certified pediatrician in Indiana, told HuffPost that sometimes a child will come in with a headache, a stomachache and a fever and test positive for strep without ever ...

Rising maternal deaths deserve attention in N.B. and other provinces ... started intravenous antibiotics. Unfortunately Group A strep infection can be very aggressive and can proceed even ...

A truck driver in B.C. died in 2018 of sepsis ... old woman who died from a necrotizing wound infection after a caesarean section. Invasive group A streptococcus disease, or IGAS, has made a ...

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Norovirus is commonly referred to as the stomach flu, stomach bug or as the “cruise ship virus” because it’s often the cause ...

Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a gram-positive bacteria that asymptomatically ... including preterm birth (PTB), stillbirth, and neonatal infection. Although many mechanisms involved in GBS ...