Group+B+Strep9

Group Strep B ** My project is 4 pages and its on Comic Life. I did my project on Group Strep B. Group Strep B is a bacteria that is found in the mothers wound and commonly passed on to the baby. Your going to see plenty of pictures of babies. But their not going to look any different from normal babies with out the disease. I explain where, how and what the disease looks like in my project. I also give you symptoms and ways for you to cure the disease.
 * TROY T. CHEELY

Group Strep B a. Bacterial disease b. Commonly found in pregnant women c. Can pass it to their kids during labor b. Found in the vagina and/ or lower intestine
 * __1)__** **__Group Strep B__**

C.18% of babies born now is infected with Group Strep B.

__**2) Symptoms**__ a. In newborns infections occur during the first week of life b. Mostly during the first 24 hours. c. Baby having a fever, breathing problems/ grunting sounds, seizers and limpness or stiffness. d. Symptoms for the mother are irritable skin infections and also a UTI a. A pregnant mother coming into the doctors complaining of a skin rash or a high fever. b. Also optional blood test. __4)__ **__Treatmen__t** a. all you need are antibiotics. b. just a couple pills for a week or two and it usually goes away. c. new born baby with Group Strep B they usually just shoot the antibiotics threw IV. d. If pregnant receives intravenous antibiotics prior to delivery, her baby has a one in 4,000 chance of developing GBS infection. e. Without antibiotics, her baby has a one in 200 chance of developing GBS infection.
 * 3**__**) Diagnosis**__

REFRENCES
1.)Cunningham, Gary F. "Group B Strep Infection: GBS." //www.americanpregnancy.org//. American pregnancy association, 3 Mar. 2012. Web. 10 Mar. 2010. . 2.)Doerr, Steven E. "Group B Strep Infection." //Medicinenet//. WebMD, 8 Feb. 2012. Web. 12 Mar. 2010. .