My newborn has just been diagnosed with strep b. how dangerous is this and how could he have gotten it?

Read on: The usual cause is that mom had it. About 35 to 40 percent of women carry it. It can be transmitted during labor. It is usually treated with antibiotics. U did not say. How it was found , if he was well when it was found they tend to be fine.

Worrisome diagnosis: GBS in a germ common to the intestines & about a 3rd of women carry it in their genital tract at any time. While it occasionally causes a simple urinary tract infection in women, its most worrisome effect is on the newborn. After rupture of fetal membranes, the germ can invade the moist fluids surrounding baby prior to or during delivery & invade the lungs of the newborn.Survival requires early Rx