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Why is group b strep so bad for babies?
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It can kill: Group b strep is a bacterial infection that, if a newborn contracts, can kill if not treated quickly and adequately. Certain things put a newborn at greater risk for gbs infection; these include prematurity, prolonged rupture of mom's membranes (>18 hrs), mom colonized with gbs, previous history of baby with gbs disease, maternal fever/chorioamnionitis. It can be devastating. Avoid it.
Answered 10/25/2016
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