Approximately 1 in every 100 \u2013 200 pregnant women with GBS colonisation will give birth to a baby with GBS infection<\/p>\n
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What is Group B Streptococcus (GBS) ?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a type of bacteria which normally lives in the intestine, urinary and reproductive tracts of men and women <\/p>\n How does GBS infect the baby ?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 From mother to baby during labour <\/p>\n Poses a serious threat to newborn<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Infection can be classified into early-onset (<1 week after delivery) or late-onset (>1 week to a few months after delivery) What is Group B Streptococcus (GBS) ?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a type of bacteria which normally lives in the intestine, urinary and reproductive tracts of men and women
\n\u2022 It can be found in 10 \u2013 30% of pregnant women\u2019s vagina or rectum
\n\u2022 Most pregnant women who are colonised with GBS have no symptoms. Some of them may develop urinary tract infection caused by GBS
\n\u2022 It is not a sexually transmitted disease<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 From natural environment<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Early-onset GBS infection in newborn is life-threatening as it may result in sepsis, meningitis and pneumonia etc.
\n\u2022 In Hong Kong, the incidence rate of early-onset GBS infection is 1 in 1000 births<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\n\u2022 It can be found in 10 \u2013 30% of pregnant women\u2019s vagina or rectum
\n\u2022 Most pregnant women who are colonised with GBS have no symptoms. Some of them may develop urinary tract infection caused by GBS
\n\u2022 It is not a sexually transmitted disease<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":295,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[46],"product_tag":[41],"class_list":["post-666","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-reagent-diagcor","product_tag-diagcor","desktop-align-left","tablet-align-left","mobile-align-left","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fe.desnet.online\/ems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fe.desnet.online\/ems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fe.desnet.online\/ems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fe.desnet.online\/ems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fe.desnet.online\/ems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fe.desnet.online\/ems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=666"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fe.desnet.online\/ems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=666"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fe.desnet.online\/ems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}