The symptoms of GBS disease can seem like other health problems in newborns and babies. Symptoms include:

Babies who get it in the first week of life have “early-onset GBS disease.” Most newborns with early-onset disease have symptoms on the day of birth. In contrast, babies who develop disease later can appear healthy at birth and during their first week of life.

Women who give birth to a baby who develops GBS disease usually do not feel sick or have any symptoms.

Symptoms depend on the part of the body that is infected. Listed below are symptoms associated with the most common infections caused by GBS bacteria.

Symptoms of bacteremia (blood stream infection) and sepsis (the body’s extreme response to an infection) include:

Symptoms of pneumonia (lung infection) include:

Skin and soft-tissue infections often appear as a bump or infected area on the skin that may be:

Bone and joint infections often appear as pain in the infected area and might also include: