Streptococcus gallolyticus – A potentially neglected pathogen causing neonatal sepsis not covered by routine group B streptococcus screening
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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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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1684-1182
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2021.05.003