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 ...

The risk for pediatric asthma is greater among children who, as newborns, received antibiotic therapy due to a maternal indication.

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.

We identified 1726 cases of late-onset neonatal GBS disease between January 1990 ... 60% of which were due to serotype III. Compared with infection with other serotypes, infection with serotype ...