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Late-onset group B streptococcal disease by infected mother's milk detected by polymerase chain reaction.
Late-onset Group B streptococcal (GBS) disease is a cause of illness, death and neurological sequelae in infancy. The epidemiology and pathogenesis of late-onset GBS disease is poorly defined. Infected breast-milk has been suggested as a source of postnatal infection and invasive disease. We describe a late-onset GBS disease by infected mother's milk in a term newborn in which the detection of ...
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1. Know the mode of transmission of group B Streptococcus (GBS) and the peripartum risk factors associated with a high risk of infection. 2. Know the major clinical manifestations of GBS and be able to differentiate the epidemiology and clinical presentation of early onset GBS disease from that of lateonset disease. 3. Know the laboratory testing for GBS: isolation, antigen detection, and susce...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Infection and Immunity
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0019-9567,1098-5522
DOI: 10.1128/iai.18.3.666-672.1977