Group B Streptococcal infection Screening in Pregnancy

Epidemiology of Group B streptococcal Infection during pregnancy: Between 10 and 30 percent of pregnant women carry GBS bacteria in the vagina or rectal area, where they may pass it to their babies during labor or birth.

There are 2 completely different methods to look for this and determine who has it and who does not.

Method 1: Screening for group B strep should be done 36-37 week gestation, using swab or urine culture.

Method 2: Any patient with history of positive group B streptococcus infection during this pregnancy and/or previous one.

Treatment of Group B Streptococcal infection during pregnancy is probably to get oral Antibiotic right away and more importantly administering IV Penicillin G during labor.