EXAMINATION OF STREPTOCOCCUS B IN PREGNANCY - PREGNANCY
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Streptococcus B in pregnancy can cause meningitis



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Streptococcus B is a bacterium that is naturally present in the gut and vagina of many women, but may present a risk to the baby at the time of normal delivery, as it can pass into the child and cause complications such as meningitis and pneumonia. This bacterium usually does not cause symptoms and to avoid its transmission one must do a test known as a swab examination, which is done between the 35 and 37 weeks of pregnancy through the evaluation of a swab that is passed in the vagina and the region of the anus of the woman