Group B Streptococcus in Pregnancy: Screening and Treatment

Z, Vamalatha, Mazumder, Minhas, Pati and Dhawan

Health Leadership and Quality of Life, 2025, vol. 4, 592

Abstract: Several healthy women frequently harbor the bacteria group B streptococcus (GBS) in their vaginal or rectal regions. Nevertheless, it can lead to life-threatening infections in new-born, especially in the initial couple of days after birth. The significance of identifying and treating GBS in pregnant women is discussed in this paper in preventing the bacteria from infecting unborn children. The effectiveness of recommendations was evaluated using a retrospective sample from Active Bacterial Core inspection, which tracks invasive GBS illness in various states. Data from Laboure and delivery files of births that were live and early-onset GBS cases in infants younger than 10 days old between the year 2017 and 2018 were analyzed. The results were contrasted with a used comparable methodology and examined screening procedures in the years 2012 and 2013. We looked at the birth information for 254 babies who had GBS illness and 9046 babies who didn't. During 2012-2013 and 2017-2018, testing before birth rose from 49.8% to 88.4%, and the use of antibiotics rose from 29.5% to 34.2%. Only 60% of preterm women with uncertain condition underwent chemoprophylaxis, compared to 85% of term women who tested positive for GBS. With 72.2% of cases affecting term newborns, the total early-onset GBS sickness rate: 0.3 cases per 1000 live births. 13.4% of instances among term moms included missed testing. All screening suggestions were quickly implemented. Early-onset GBS illness may not recur if preterm deliveries are managed better and culture findings are collected, processed, and reported better.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.56294/hl2025592

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