In 2006 about 1,500 babies in the United States got an early-onset group B streptococcus infection. That's 1 in every 3,000 babies born.

 

 

 

 

 

Source:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Active bacterial core surveillance: group B streptococcus, 2006.
Available at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/abcs/survreports.htm (last accessed 16 April 2008).

 

 

 

 

 

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The number of babies who get early-onset group B strep has fallen in the past 10 years. The reason is probably because more women are being given

 

 

 

 

 

antibiotics
These medications are used to help your immune system fight infection. There are a number of different types of antibiotics that work in different ways to get rid of bacteria, parasites and other infectious agents. Antibiotics do not work against viruses.

 

 

 

 

 

antibiotics during labor.

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