Preconception Care, Fertility
Prenatal-onset GBS Disease Prevention How should prenatal-onset GBS disease be defined? What criteria can be used to determine if infection started before membrane rupture/labor started (when early-onset prevention measures would be effective)? If health care providers hold off on pelvic exams until the placenta is formed, would that give a developing baby some additional measure of protection? |
Could GBS occur naturally in a baby’s body that that colonization could be a source of infection? For example: baby’s hands in diaper area then in mouth (translocation)
How does GBS get in breast milk? What are the benefits if any of routine placental triage to alert health care providers to potential GBS infection. See Placental Triage 101. Should there be gown changing policies in place in hospitals to avoid infection after handling babies with GBS and other infections? |
How can we ensure that babies can get immunity to GBS until a vaccine is practical? If baby is exposed to GBS, but mom was not, breast milk, especially expressed milk, is not going to have antibodies to GBS.
If mom was truly negative, would she produce antibodies to pass on her baby? Would her baby be more vulnerable if he/she came in contact with a strain of GBS his mother did not have? Could postpartum endometritis in the mother be related to late-onset GBS infection in her baby? Would there be a higher risk of infection so that it would be prudent to alert family and caregivers to be especially watchful for symptoms of GBS infection in their baby? Submitted in memory of Libby, taken off life support due to late-onset GBS infection. Please read her story here. |
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