Originally Posted by alegna
I don't have a link handy, but you could probably find it fairly easily- I read at one point that using antibiotics for GBS does NOT reduce the chance of death. Other bacteria fill the void and death is just as likely, but from different organisms (e. coli increases off the top of my head)
For this reason and others I choose not to test for GBS as I would not accept antibiotics without other risk factors.
-Angela
I don't have any facts on the vitamin K. I had some of the links on the abx Angela might have been referring to.
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