Microbiology 9th Edition by Laura Black, Jacquelyn Black

Exercise 7

Ruth was having her first baby. Thirty-six weeks into her pregnan cy her doctor did an examination and had a culture done to see if she was colonized with group B streptococcus (Streptococcus agalactiae). The culture came back positive. Ruth is now in labor and her doctor is recommending that she be given antibiotics. Ruth is confused. She is not sick and her baby is not sick. Why does she need to be given an antibiotic? What might happen if she does not get the antibiotic? Visit the following website to learn the answers to these questions and find out more about this important pathogen: Learn more about this disease and pre vention at the following website and other CDC site links. http://www.cdc.gov/groupbsstrep/guidelines/guidelines.html.