Group B streptococcal infection: a review and update.
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Group B Streptococcal Sepsis in a Newborn: a Case Report
Newborns’ bacterial infections due to group B Streptococcus (GBS) happen in two forms including early-onset disease or late-onset disease. In this paper, we report a case of early-onset GBS infection in a male infant. A 22-year-old primigravid woman delivers a term normal looking male infant. Nasal flaring, grunting, and poor feeding presented soon after birth. An empiric treatment wit...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 1979
ISSN: 1368-4973
DOI: 10.1136/sti.55.2.118