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Early onset Group B Streptococcus (GBS) emerged in the early 1970's
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Antibiotics
Medicine
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Group B Strep can be spread to a baby during a vaginal delivery if the baby is exposed-or swallows- fluids coontaining Group B Strep.
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Infants: Intravenous (IV) Antibiotics. IV Fluids. Oxygen. Other Medication (depends baby's condition)
Adults: Antibiotics. If pregnant and develop complications are given oral-antibiotics. Usually penicillin or Cephalexin -
Group B Strep can be prevented, in the U.S, only 4-6% of babies with GBS die gbs is higher among African American
A Phase II clinical study that indicates a vaccine to prevent Group B Streptococcus (GBS) infection is poaible by 2019.
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