A previous baby with GBS disease. "You can be positive in one pregnancy and negative in the next one," says Layan Alrahmani, M.D., an ob-gyn, maternal-fetal medicine specialist, and member of ...

Your OB/GYN might do a urine culture early in your pregnancy to look for group B strep bacteria. You should be tested for it between your 35th and 37th weeks of pregnancy. The doctor will take a ...

Group B Strep, or GBS, is a type of bacteria that ... health ramifications and rarely catastrophic effects,” said OB-GYN Specialist Dr. Philip Clements of St. Peter’s Health Partners.

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute inflammatory neuropathy that can lead to severe weakness of the limbs, face, and respiratory muscles. Its pathophysiology involves autoantibodies that ...

The FDA issued a safety communication that warns about possible Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines manufactured by Pfizer (Abrysvo) and GSK (Arexvy).

The prescribing information for two respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines will now include a warning for the increased risk for Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) within 42 days of vaccination ...

The discovery of group B Streptococcus (GBS) as the cause of the outbreak led Singapore to ban the use of raw freshwater fish in ready-to-eat meals and to institute stricter rules governing the ...

According to WHO, nine countries have reported an increase in Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) cases or laboratory-confirmed Zika virus infection in GBS cases. Previously, only two countries ...