Brendan Farrell, CEO of HiberGene, said: “The ability to test for GBS in pregnant women with a simple swab will significantly improve patient care by returning a rapid test result. This will ...

Those who do test positive for GBS during pregnancy are said ... performed between the 35th and 37th week of pregnancy and involves taking a swab from the vagina. This sample is then taken to ...

which may pick up GBS. Universal screening involves taking a swab of the pregnant woman’s vagina and around the anus (which women can do themselves) when they’re around 36 weeks pregnant.

Your OB/GYN might do a urine culture early in your pregnancy to look for group B strep bacteria ... The doctor will take a swab from your vagina and rectum and send it to a lab.

The test identifies GBS DNA from combined vaginal and rectal swab specimens, using fully automated real ... There is currently no routine testing for GBS colonisation at any stage of pregnancy.