Ultra-late Onset Group B Streptococcal Disease ―A Report of Two Cases―
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Group B Streptococcal Sepsis in a Newborn: a Case Report
Newborns’ bacterial infections due to group B Streptococcus (GBS) happen in two forms including early-onset disease or late-onset disease. In this paper, we report a case of early-onset GBS infection in a male infant. A 22-year-old primigravid woman delivers a term normal looking male infant. Nasal flaring, grunting, and poor feeding presented soon after birth. An empiric treatment wit...
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عنوان ژورنال: Kansenshogaku Zasshi
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0387-5911,1884-569X
DOI: 10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi.86.604