Invasive Group B Streptococcal Infections in Infants, France

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Poyart, Claire ; Réglier-Poupet, Hélène ; Tazi, Asmaa ; Billoët, Annick ; Dmytruk, Nicolas ; Bidet, Philippe ; Bingen, Edouard ; Raymond, Josette ; Trieu-Cuot, Patrick
• Description:
  Clinical features and molecular characterization of 109 group B streptococci causing neonatal invasive infections were determined over an 18-month period in France. Sixty-four percent of the strains were from late-onset infections, and 75% were capsular type III. The hypervirulent clone ST-17 was recovered in 80% of meningitis cases.
• Subjects:
  Age Of Onset Bacterial Typing Techniques Dispatch Drug Resistance, Bacterial Female France GBS Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Invasive Infections Male Meningitis Molecular Epidemiology Pregnancy ST-17 Streptococcal Infections Streptococcus Agalactiae Virulence

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 14(10):1647-1649
• Pubmed ID:
  18826837
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC2609873
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1bc7bb9183e18da25e29671d692035095ccfa03f110c285fac618a3e0a3e2287
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17222/cdc_17222_DS1.pdf
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