Managing for GBS+ mothers, to prevent transfer to newborns begins by
treating mother with IV antibiotics before she delivers.  Sometimes she gets
all the doses she should, sometimes not if her labor were too fast.
Following birth of an infant born of a woman with GBS+, screening baby for
signs of infection include vital signs, and blood work, usually a CBC, and
CRP 12 hours apart.  Blood cultures would confirm if or not the baby is
(pos) for GBS.  If infant is suspected at risk at all, the baby will be
started on antibiotics before the culture results come back as a safety
measure, so it seems to me that it would be impossible to tell that breast
milk helps or not.

I would love to think breastfeeding had something to do with protecting the
baby, but I think the other outside influences over shadow it all.
Roni

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