Long Term Outcomes of GBS Meningitis

7/20/2021

Fatma Levent, MD

about presenter

Dr. Levent is currently the Medical Director of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Advent Health for Children in Orlando, Florida. She also holds a Clinical Associate Professor appointment at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, Texas. She is involved with patient care, quality & safety, resident and medical student education, infection prevention & control and antibiotic stewardship.

Group B Strep International

7/20/2021 11:04:05 pm

Thank you, Dr. Levent, for your excellent presentation on the long term effects of GBS meningitis! We are honored to have you as a presenter.

Fatma Levent

7/21/2021 11:17:18 am

Appreciate your kind comments. Thank you so much! It is my pleasure and honor to be able to join this amazing meeting.

Diana Dunsmore

7/21/2021 08:05:11 am

Such an amazing amount of information squeezed into a clear concise talk. Thank you for your work.
Until the vaccine comes, we really need the medical profession and organizations like GBSI to get the word out. So much lack of knowledge still. It's encouraging to hear this aspect is being addressed, even though it is heartbreaking information.

Fatma Levent

7/21/2021 11:21:07 am

Thank you for your comments. Agree that we need to get the word out. Hope to get more knowledge about GBS infection and outcomes. Looking forward to hearing more about prevention and vaccination efforts.

Danielle Li

7/21/2021 08:06:14 am

Thank you for your presentation, interesting findings! Care Providers and Parents need to be educated on the risks and outcomes of GBS infection

Fatma Levent

7/21/2021 11:24:03 am

Thanks, appreciate you. We all are trying to get the word out about how serious is GBS infection in infants and continue to educate the parents. Hope to have more information about vaccination soon.

Ronald Librizzi, DO

7/21/2021 08:11:19 am

Excellent presentation and we have all been awaiting the development of a vaccine for some time. In the interim, do you feel there is any advantage to culturing breastmilk for GBS as in one of the presentations this was mentioned? Could this be a chronic continual exposure that would impact late onset disease?

Fatma Levent

7/21/2021 11:51:19 am

Thank you for you kind words. There is no consensus whether the breast milk of mothers of infants with GBS late-onset disease, especially those with recurrent episodes, should be tested for GBS. There are some case reports in twins who had the infection around the same time with GBS being detected in the breastmilk, however I think that the benefits of breastfeeding still outweigh the risks. We will continue to monitor and follow further research about this issue. Hope to have more updates on vaccination soon as well.

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