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Is there a type of blood infection which can cause a baby to stop breathing for 6+ seconds at a time?


We've had a 3 week old baby in our care for the past week. We noticed that today he started breathing funny, sometimes stopping breathing for up to 7ish seconds per time to the point where he would turn blue. We took him into the hospital and the doctors are running blood tests and the whole 9 yards. They said, from what they know now (which isn't a lot), that it could be either sleep apnea or a blood infection. What kind of blood infection causes you to stop breathing for moments at a time?

It looks like a Group B streptococcus infection could lead to breathing problems. A blood infection could accompany it, which might be what the doctors are searching for.

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