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What are the symptoms of group B strep disease in adults?

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What are the symptoms of group B strep disease in adults?

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Sometimes group B strep can cause mild disease in adults, such as urinary tract infections (UTIs, also called bladder infections). These are treated the same way urinary tract infections caused by other bacteria are treated, with antibiotics, and are usually not that serious. Serious, invasive disease (infections where the bacteria have entered a part of the body that is normally not exposed to bacteria) can present in a number of different ways. The most common problems in adults are: bloodstream infections, pneumonia, skin and soft-tissue infections, and bone and joint infections. Rarely in adults, group B strep can cause meningitis (infection of the fluid and lining surrounding the brain). How are serious group B strep infections diagnosed? If doctors suspect a patient has an invasive group B strep infection, they will take a sample of sterile body fluids, such as blood or spinal fluid. Group B strep disease is diagnosed when the bacteria are grown from cultures of those fluids. Cul

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