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Revisiting the Need for Vaccine Prevention of Late-Onset Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease: A Multistate, Population-Based Analysis
Background: Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis for neonatal group B streptococcal disease (GBS) effectively prevents disease among infants <7 days old, but there are no prevention strategies for ...
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Grieving mother calls for group B Strep tests for pregnant women
A grieving mother has called for routine testing for group B streptococcal bacteria in expectant women after her baby suffered catastrophic brain damage and died when he contracted the infection.
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Revisiting the Need for Vaccine Prevention of Late-Onset Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease: A Multistate, Population-Based Analysis
We identified 1726 cases of late-onset neonatal GBS disease between January 1990 and December 2005. Seventy-nine percent of isolates were obtained from blood, 19% from cerebrospinal fluid ...