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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Daniel Keane

Group B Strep: Mum's plea for greater awareness of life-threatening infection after baby's meningitis battle

A London mum whose baby developed meningitis after contracting Group B Strep has called for greater awareness of the disease and backed an NHS trial seeking to increase early detection and diagnosis.

Nicki Droy’s daughter Mia was diagnosed with late-onset GBS infection at 13 days old in January. Ms Droy had already tested positive for GBS during her pregnancy, but only found out that the test existed from her own research.

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