Beta-hemolytic group B Streptococcus meningitis in a young healthy woman
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9 Group B Streptococcus Meningitis
9.1 Introduction Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus, GBS) is a Gram-positive encapsulated bacterium possessing an array of virulence factors that render it capable of producing serious disease in susceptible hosts, in particular the human newborn (Maisey et al., 2008a). Notably, GBS is the leading cause of meningitis in the neonatal period (Brouwer et al., 2010; Thigpen et al., 201...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Case Reports and Images
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0976-3198
DOI: 10.5348/ijcri-2013-09-369-cr-13