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Neonatal group B streptococcal meningitis.
Bacteriological and clinical data on 68 children with neonatal group B streptococcal meningitis were analysed as part of a wider study of bacterial meningitis undertaken between 1976 and 1982. Twenty five per cent of patients died and there was no difference in the mortality rate between early and late onset disease. Sixteen per cent of the infants weighed less than 2500 g at birth but in 50% n...
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which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Editorial Group B streptococci (GBS) are facultative anaerobic, gram-positive cocci that colonize the gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts of humans. GBS strains are serologically divided into 10 types (Ia, Ib, and II through IX) according to their capsula...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.59.5.439