CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Preterm birth is a risk factor for invasive bacterial disease, including group B Streptococcus (GBS; Streptococcus agalactiae) infections in the newborn [6–8]. However, evidence for the association between maternal colonization or infection and preterm birth, with bacteria such as GBS, is unclear [9, 10].

Detailed explanation-2: -Group B strep infection (also GBS or group B Streptococcus) is caused by bacteria typically found in a person’s vagina or rectal area. About 25% of pregnant people have GBS, but don’t know it because it doesn’t cause symptoms. A pregnant person with GBS can pass the bacteria to their baby during vaginal delivery.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most pregnant women who carry group B streptococcus (GBS) bacteria have healthy babies. But there’s a small risk that GBS can pass to the baby during childbirth. Sometimes GBS infection in newborn babies can cause serious complications that can be life-threatening, but this is not common.

Detailed explanation-4: -GBS infections during pregnancy may lead to preterm labor or, if the baby is infected while in the uterus, stillbirth. Pregnant women who carry GBS can pass on the bacteria to their newborns, and some of those babies become infected with GBS.

Detailed explanation-5: -Bacteria called group B Streptococcus (group B strep, GBS) can cause many types of infections. Some of these infections can be life threatening.