PMID: 376062Apr 1, 1979Paper

Group B streptococcal infection: a review and update

The British Journal of Venereal Diseases
J M Knox

Abstract

The problems posed by the sudden increase in serious group B streptococcal disease among infants since the early 1970s are described and discussed. Virtually all offspring of colonised mothers harbour the organism and infection develops in about 1% of these infants. The mortality rate, even with immediate antibiotic treatment of early onset disease, is 30%; delay in treatment leads to much higher mortality. Late onset disease starting around the seventh to ninth day of life, but sometimes as late as the second month, is less frequently fatal. Preventive measures include active and passive immunisation or intravenous ampicillin during labour. Experimental evidence indicates that each of these methods gives protection.

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Jan 1, 1986·Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·B A Onile
Nov 19, 2013·Women and Birth : Journal of the Australian College of Midwives·Caroline S E HomerDeborah Davis
Nov 28, 2012·Women and Birth : Journal of the Australian College of Midwives·Annabel SheehyCaroline S E Homer
May 26, 2016·The Journal of Infection·Wendy van HerkAnnemarie M C van Rossum
Oct 9, 2002·Journal of Perinatology : Official Journal of the California Perinatal Association·Imelda P UyRonnie Guillet

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