Strep pyogenes, also known as group A beta-hemolytic strep, is a common 
infection in nursing mothers. There is no reason to pump and dump when 
mom is diagnosed. Moms should be treated with antibiotics for strep, and 
the baby should be watched carefully for fever, listlessness, or a rash, 
esp around genitals or perianal area, or other skin folds such as behind 
ears, neck, thigh folds. Babies are most likely to develop strep in 
these occluded areas rather than in the throat.
Anne Eglash MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Dept of Family Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
600 N. 8th St.
Mount Horeb, WI, 53572
608-437-3064 (O)
608-437-4542 (fax)

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