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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My older sister had a strep infection when she was pregnant with her first child. They told her that the infection could be deadly to her baby. I am pregnant. I had strep throat when I became pregnant. Does this carry the same danger that my sister's strep infection carried? - C.R.
ANSWER: You can relax. Your sister's infection was not a strep throat. She had a special kind of strep, a group B strep, in her birth canal. The strep that causes strep throat is a group A strep. The two germs have the same last names but entirely different significance.See the full content of this document
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Pregnant Woman Wonders About Strep
Group B strep hardly ever cause problems. However, during pregnancy, when it resides in the vagina, it can be a great danger for the baby. The baby can pick it up during its passage through ...
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