Among women with group B streptococcal (GBS) infections who were pregnant, most had intra-amniotic infections and increased rates of obstetric and neonatal complications. These findings were published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
All GBS invasive infections (N=336) among women of childbearing age reported to the French National Reference Center for Streptococci between 2012 and 2020 were analyzed for this study. Infections were categorized as either antepartum (n=57), intrapartum (n=88), postpartum up to 42 days after birth (n=37), unknown stage of pregnancy (n=60), or unrelated with pregnancy (n=94). The researchers assessed the characteristics for each infection, as well as obstetric and neonatal outcomes.