2008 GBS Infection on the Increase

GBS infections in babies on the increase in the UK and these infections are also increasing in adults.  The Health Protection Agency (and formerly the CDR) reported 470 GBS infections in babies aged 0-90 days in 2008, an increase of 51% since 2003 (when RCOG’s guidelines were introduced).  That’s 3 more babies a week … and this at a time when national prevention guidelines were being implemented. Click here to view the detail.