Summary statistics are from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Active Bacterial Core Surveillance reports 1-3 except for data on pregnant persons (from Phares et al. 4). Group B ...

One in five pregnant women carry Streptococcus agalactiae (group B strep or GBS) in the vaginal tract, which is typically harmless—except when it isn't. The bacterial infection poses serious and even ...

Streptococcus agalactiae is a Gram-positive bacterium responsible for streptococcosis outbreaks that inflict severe economic losses in global aquaculture, particularly in tilapia and other freshwater ...

In a study published by Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers detected the presence of a Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus) sequence type (ST) 283 in communities known to include raw ...

New results show that human-acquired antibiotic resistance genes are being transmitted to livestock, companion animals and wildlife. Researchers analyzed a global set of 901 genome sequences of the ...

Researchers are unraveling the workings of Group B Strep (GBS) infections in pregnant women, which could someday lead to a life-saving vaccine. Researchers from Binghamton University, State University ...

In a recent study published in Nature Microbiology, a group of researchers investigated the clinical significance of Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus; GBS) deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) ...

Group B streptococcus (Streptococcus agalactiae; GBS) is a Gram positive bacterium that is one of the leading causes of infectious neonatal morbidity and mortality. The bacteria can colonise (be ...