Invasive Group B Streptococcal Infections in Infants, France

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 re...

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Autores principales: Poyart, Claire, Réglier-Poupet, Hélène, Tazi, Asmaa, Billoët, Annick, Dmytruk, Nicolas, Bidet, Philippe, Bingen, Edouard, Raymond, Josette, Trieu-Cuot, Patrick
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2609873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18826837
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1410.080185
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Sumario: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.

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