Group B Strep
Current as of: December 12, 2018
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:Adam Husney, MD – Family Medicine & Susan C. Kim, MD – Pediatrics & Kathleen Romito, MD – Family Medicine & John Pope, MD, MPH – Pediatrics
Group B streptococcus, known as group B strep, is one of many kinds of streptococcus bacteria that infect humans. Group B strep can live in a healthy person’s body without causing illness. But it can be life-threatening. People who are at risk for severe group B strep infection include newborns who catch it from their…