The efficacy of an antenatal probiotic intervention to reduce residual group B streptococcus

7/19/2021

Emily Malloy, CNM, APNP, PhD Candidate

About presenter

Emily Malloy is a Certified Nurse Midwife in full-scope practice in a large midwifery practice in Wisconsin and a PhD Candidate working with Dr. Lisa Hanson at Marquette University. Her research interests include prenatal probiotics to reduce GBS colonization and residual GBS, which is the persistent cases of GBS disease despite universal screening, the microbiome, and waterbirth.

Group B Strep International

7/19/2021 09:25:14 pm

Thank you so much for your advocacy and research towards improving care for the babies of mothers with residual GBS!

Ameer Ahmad

7/19/2021 11:10:41 pm

Paradigm shift

Emily Malloy

7/20/2021 05:01:43 am

Thank you both, yes I think if research supports the use of probiotics if could be a real paradigm shift!

Megan

7/20/2021 08:46:04 am

I wonder if you see a possible benefit to sole probiotic use for GBS prevention over IAP, as IAP can have long-term effects on the gut?

Emily Mary Malloy

7/20/2021 03:15:07 pm

Hi Megan, yes absolutely. We hypothesis that there is a benefit to probiotics. The long term impact of IAP on the maternal and neonatal gut is an area of research that is still emerging, but it is possible that probiotics may be beneficial to the maternal/newborn dyads that need IAP too.

Kelli Smith

7/20/2021 08:54:21 am

Thank you so much for your research and continued efforts to improve care for babies. I tested negative for GBS throughout my pregnancy as well as at my 36 week swab and my daughter somehow contracted GBS either during birth or quickly thereafter. I would love to follow your future research and outcomes.

Emily Mary Malloy

7/20/2021 03:16:38 pm

Hi Kelli, I'm so sorry to hear about your daughter. I hope we have more results from this trial in the next year and can help prevent future cases.

Diana Dunsmore

7/20/2021 05:36:45 pm

Thank you for this research and pleasant presentation.
While my daughter-in-law was receiving her IAP I worried about its effect on her and the baby. (He later developed late onset and dealt with his own 8 weeks of antibiotics which worried me as well.) I am looking forward to the research coming on that and if probiotic would help restore damage done?

For this topic, I am wondering if the Moms WHO switched from positive to negative went with the IAP then or not?

I also wonder why they are pregnant "people"?

Emily Mary Malloy

7/23/2021 07:26:41 am

Hi Diana,
Those who switched from positive to negative were still treated as positive for several reasons: first we didn't have the results, and second, like with GBS found in the urine during pregnancy, once it is positive in a pregnancy it is treated as positive.
I used pregnant people to be inclusive.
Thanks for your questions and comments!

Trenton Gray

7/21/2021 10:09:36 am

Have you noted or expect to find any benefit of probiotic use when looking at residual GBS as a cause of late-onset?

Emily Mary Malloy

7/23/2021 07:27:26 am

Hi Trenton, Not yet, but possibly in future studies!

Marti Perhach

7/22/2021 05:24:44 pm

Thank you for coining the term "residual GBS" and being proactive to help prevent GBS disease in babies of mothers who have tested negative!

Emily Mary Malloy

7/23/2021 07:28:02 am

Thank you! I had a great help from all the previous researchers and Dr. Lisa Hanson :)

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