Risk of Early-Onset Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease With Maternal Colonization Worldwide: Systematic Review and Meta-analyses

BACKGROUND: Early-onset group B streptococcal disease (EOGBS) occurs in neonates (days 0–6) born to pregnant women who are rectovaginally colonized with group B Streptococcus (GBS), but the risk of EOGBS from vertical transmission has not been systematically reviewed. This article, the seventh in a...

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Main Authors: Russell, Neal J, Seale, Anna C, O’Sullivan, Catherine, Le Doare, Kirsty, Heath, Paul T, Lawn, Joy E, Bartlett, Linda, Cutland, Clare, Gravett, Michael, Ip, Margaret, Madhi, Shabir A, Rubens, Craig E, Saha, Samir K, Schrag, Stephanie, Sobanjo-ter Meulen, Ajoke, Vekemans, Johan, Baker, Carol J
Format: Online Article Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2017
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The Burden of Group B Streptococcus Worldwide for Pregnant Women, Stillbirths, and Children
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5850448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29117325
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix655

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5850448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29117325
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix655

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