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In reply to the discussion: Former Kansas City Chiefs Cheerleader Dies of Sepsis After Stillbirth [View all]LeftInTX
(25,829 posts)Maybe she was a strong Group B Strep carrier?
I was a carrier. It's quite hard to shake.
Had it with all three pregnancies, but with my second two pregnancies, they didn't monitor it until 7.5 months. The first one, they didn't until after he was born and it was colonized from his ear.
The weird thing about GBS: You take the antibiotics and it comes back pretty much after you stop! In one of my pregnancies, I was on several courses. Super annoying. 99% of carriers have no maternal symptoms and it's basically considered a "vaginal colonization", with no symptoms. Infants are considered to be at risk.
https://www.cdc.gov/groupbstrep/about/fast-facts.html
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(22)00093-6/fulltext