Mothers urge the Government to screen pregnant women for bacteria GBS
Shaheen McQuade, of North Lanarkshire, Natalie Russell, of Edinburgh, and Fiona Paddon, of Greenwich, south London, all lost their babies as a result of Group B Streptococcus infection. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Serotypes Cause the Most Group B Streptococcal Disease?
Discussion
Streptococcus agalactiae or Lancefield Group B streptococcus (GBS) was first described in 1887 and the first neonatal cases were described in the early 1960s. GBS can cause infections in all age groups but pregnant women and infants share most of the burden of the disease. GBS asymptomatically colonizes the genital and gastrointestinal tracts of pregnant women (15-40%). GBS is then transmitted vertically to infants generally after the rupture of fetal membranes or onset of labor. It is estimated that 50% of infants born to GBS+ mothers become colonized and 1% have invasive disease. Recurrent infections do occur ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - February 22, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
At What Age Does the Risk of Infant Listeria Infection Decrease?
Discussion
Neonatal bacterial infections are commonly caused by Group B Streptococcus, enteric gram-negative organisms such as Escherichia coli, coagulase negative Staphylococcus, Listeria monocytogenes and Haemophilus influenza. Infections are usually because of transplacental infection or ascending infection from the mother’s genitourinary tract. Empiric treatment for suspected sepsis for neonates is usually combined IV aminoglycoside and expanded-spectrum penicillin antibiotic therapy in the US and Canada and this combination specifically covers for Listeria.
Listeria monocytogenes was first discovered in 1927 ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - January 25, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Group B Strep Vax for Pregnant Women Shows Promise (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Previous strep B exposure appeared to boost antibody response (Source: MedPage Today State Required CME)
Source: MedPage Today State Required CME - January 13, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Group B Strep Vaccine For Pregnant Women Found Safe, Effective In Phase 2 Trial
A new vaccine for group B strep given to pregnant women in a phase 2 trial was effective in transferring antibodies from the mothers to their newborns. The vaccine had few safety concerns. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - January 12, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Tara Haelle Source Type: news
Baby died from GBS infection which can be detected with an £11 test
Edward Paddon-Bramley suffered brain damage caused by Group B Streptococcus (GBS) bacteria and died on June 5 2014 at St Thomas' Hospital, London, an inquest heard. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 2, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Models of Perinatal Brain Injury in Premature and Term Newborns Resulting from Gestational Inflammation Due to Inactivated Group B Streptococcus (GBS), or Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from E. coli and/or Immediately Postnatal Hypoxia-Ischemia (HI)
It is known that gestational and/or perinatal inflammation combined or not with hypoxia-ischemia (HI) is a risk factor for brain injuries, but the mechanisms underlying are still unclear. This chapter discusses about animal models mimicking those conditions, allowing scientists to uncover mechanisms involved and to study the adverse effects on the offspring. Here is presented a model of maternal inflammation induced by inactivated Group B Streptococcus (Sect. 2) and two experimental designs using LPS. One explores the effects of prenatal LPS administration and/or immediately postnatal HI (Sect. 3) and the second one, the i...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Neuroscience - September 21, 2015 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: news
Following maternal transmission, group B strep mutates to sicken infants
(American Society for Microbiology) Group B streptococcus, a mostly benign inhabitant of healthy adults, is one of the world's leading causes of neonatal sepsis and meningitis. A team of French investigators has now shown that such cases might occur when the microbe mutates within the infant following transmission from the mother. The research appeared August 17 in the Journal of Bacteriology, a publication of the American Society for Microbiology. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - August 18, 2015 Category: Biology Source Type: news
As International Group B Strep Awareness Month Begins,...
Group B strep is a bacterium that routinely inhabits the lower GI tract and intestines, rarely doing any harm to healthy adults and children. However, it can be fatal to infants and older adults.(PRWeb July 09, 2015)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/awareness/strep/prweb12834655.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - July 12, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Grieving mother releases tragic picture of the only hug she shared with her baby as she calls for more screening for the bug that killed him
Hayley Keane, 26, believes her baby, Simon, who died at just three days old, could have been saved if she had a routine screening for the Group B Streptococcus, a bacteria in the vaginal-rectal area. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 31, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
James Roby: We'd never heard of Group B strep – until it nearly robbed us of our baby boy
AS A hardened rugby league veteran, England international James Roby has faced his fair share of brutal physical challenges. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 19, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Group B Streptococcus breaches the blood-brain-barrier
(Journal of Clinical Investigation) A new study in the Journal of Clinical Investigation identifies a pathway that is induced by Group B Streptococcus and disrupts junctions between cells. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - May 11, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Great Basin Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Group B Strep Molecular Diagnostic Test
Menu expansion on track with first of three new molecular assays planned for this year
SALT LAKE CITY, April 22, 2015 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Great Basin Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ:GBSN and GBSNU), a molecular diagnostics company, to... Diagnostics, FDAGreat Basin Scientific, Group B Streptococcus, Streptococcus (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - April 22, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Group B streptococcus incidence rises significantly among newborns despite widespread adoption of prevention initiatives
Group B streptococcus, a major cause of serious infectious diseases including sepsis, meningitis, and pneumonia, has increased by about 60% among infants younger than 3 months in the Netherlands over the past 25 years despite the widespread use of prevention strategies, new research has found. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 20, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
