Neonatal arthritis of the hip due to group B streptococcus
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Neonatal infections: group B streptococcus.
INTRODUCTION One in four women carry group B streptococci vaginally, which can infect the amniotic fluid even if the membranes are intact, or can infect the baby during delivery, causing sepsis, pneumonia, or meningitis. Very-low-birthweight infants are at much higher risk of infection or mortality, with up to 3% infected, and mortality rates of up to 30% even with immediate antibiotic treatmen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Jornal de Pediatria
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0021-7557
DOI: 10.2223/jped.748