Neonatal meningitis due to Streptococcus agalactiae.
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Neonatal meningitis due to Streptococcus agalactiae.
HAEMOLYTIC streptococci were first subdivided into groups by precipitation of specific carbohydrate (Lancefield, 1933, 1934). It soon became apparent that most serious streptococcal infections were caused by organisms of Group A. Although organisms of Group B were known to cause mastitis in cattle there was little evidence of pathogenic activity in man. Then in 1937 Colebrook & Purdie included ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1968
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.44.513.549