Burden of Adults Hospitalized With Group B Streptococcal Infection
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Prevention of neonatal group B streptococcal infection.
Neonatal group B streptococcal infection is the primary cause of neonatal morbidity related to infection. It can often be prevented by identifying and treating pregnant women who carry group B streptococci or who are at highest risk of transmitting the bacteria to newborns. Increasing evidence and expert opinion support intrapartum treatment of women at relatively high risk of delivering an inf...
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BACKGROUND Group B Streptococcus (GBS), traditionally considered to be a neonatal pathogen, is an important cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults and among those with underlying medical conditions. We used population-based surveillance to examine trends in adult GBS disease during the period 1990-2007 and to describe the epidemiology of adult GBS disease to guide prevention effort...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0022-1899,1537-6613
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa110