Tag: GBS

  • Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in Pregnancy

    Hi, I’m Michelle Kominiarek, a Maternal-Fetal Medicine physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Today, I’m going to discuss how I counsel a patient about a positive Group B streptococcus or GBS result. At your last visit, we did a GBS rectovaginal culture, which is a test we do routinely in pregnant women around 36 weeks gestation.…