A grieving mother has called for routine testing for group B streptococcal bacteria in expectant women after her baby suffered catastrophic brain damage and died when he contracted the infection.

Since invasive GBS disease first became a major concern, a number of strategies for preventing infection have been ... GBS disease can be eliminated in neonates of mothers who are lightly or ...

Methods: All neonates with early onset E. coli infection who were born at La Paz ... To evaluate the effect of the guidelines for GBS prevention, data were pooled and compared for: 1992 through ...