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Group B Strep: Mum's plea for greater awareness of life-threatening infection after baby's meningitis battle



GBS is carried by between 20 and 40 per cent of women in their rectum, vagina, or intestines, according to Group B Strep Support. While usually harmless, there is a risk that women carrying the bacteria can pass it onto their baby during labour and childbirth. If left untreated, it can cause sepsis, pneumonia and meningitis in newborns.



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