Group B
Management of Infants at Risk for Group B Streptococcal Disease
... Because the pathogenesis of GBS EOD begins with vertical transmission of group B streptococci from mother to fetus and newborn infant, the strongest predictor of GBS EOD is maternal GBS colonization. Other ...
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Multilocus Sequence Typing System for Group B Streptococcus
... A multilocus sequence typing (MLST) system was developed for group B streptococcus (GBS). The system was used to characterize a collection (n ⴝ 152) of globally and ecologically diverse human strains of GBS ...
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Reliable Detection of Group B Streptococcus in the Clinical Laboratory
... Most human GBS isolates grow readily on blood agar after overnight incubation, as large colonies (3 to 4 mm in diameter) with a narrow zone of beta-hemolysis (19). GBS beta-hemolysis may be difficult to detect for some ...
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Genetic Variability among Group A and Group B Respiratory Syncytial Viruses in a Children’s Hospital
... 3. Group A (A) and B (B) RS virus G-protein phylogenetic ...either group A or group B sequences were used to create the neighbor-joining trees displayed in the ...(group ...
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Methodology: Study was prospective and patients were divided into two groups- Group A and Group B.
... age group 41-50 years. The mean age of cases in group A patients was ...for group B patients, it was ...in group A and group B respectively in the study by Abhilash GH et ...
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Production of human blood group B antigen epitope conjugated protein in Escherichia coli and utilization of the adsorption blood group B antibody
... The O-antigen in Escherichia coli (E. coli) O86:B7 has been shown to possess high human blood group B activity because of the structural similarity between the O-antigen and human blood group ...
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Serotype Identification of Group B Streptococci by PCR and Sequencing
... Group B streptococcus (GBS; Streptococcus agalactiae) is the most common cause of neonatal and obstetric sepsis and is an increasingly important cause of septicemia in elderly individuals and ...
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Natural History of Neonatal Colonization With Group B Streptococci
... The observation that previously unde- tected group B streptococcal colonization occurs following hospital discharge is new and might explain recurrent group B streptococcal disease in ne[r] ...
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Expression of an Antigenic Adenovirus Epitope in a Group B Coxsackievirus
... Group B coxsackieviruses (CVB) cause human myocarditis, while human adenovirus type 2 (Ad2) is implicated as an agent of this disease. The L1 loop of the Ad2 hexon protein has been demonstrated to be ...
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Prevalence of Group B streptococci in pregnant women and their neonates
... for Group B Streptococci in vaginal swab specimens similar to those used for direct detection of Group A Streptococci in throat swab ...anti- Group B Streptococci antibodies to detect ...
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Group B Streptococcal Infections in a Northern Region of Italy
... RESULTS. Among 112 933 live births, 56 cases of invasive disease (30 early- and 26 late-onset disease) were observed, giving an annual group B streptococcus disease incidence of 0.50 per 1000 live births. ...
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Long-term Outcomes of Group B Streptococcal Meningitis
... Term and near-term infants admitted to Texas Children ’ s Hospital or Monroe Carell Jr Children ’ s Hospital from Jan- uary 1998 through December 2006 with the diagnosis of GBS meningitis were identi fi ed through review ...
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THE DISTRIBUTION OF GROUP B COXSACKIE VIRUSES IN A CHILDREN'S INSTITUTION
... Coxsackie virus, group B type 4, was isolated.. from the feces of T.C.[r] ...
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Countercurrent Immunoelectrophoresis in Group B Streptococcal Disease
... Seigel JD, McCracken GH Jr: Detection of group B strep- tococcal antigens in body fluids of neonates. Ingram DL, Pendergrass EL, Thullen JD, et al: Time of detection of Group B streptoco[r] ...
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Screening for Group B streptococci in Antenatal Women
... 23 In 2003 orrett FA – the prospective study of colonization with group B streptococci in 201 pregnant women.the prevalence of GBS colonization was 32.9%.GBS more frequently from women >24 yr (36.6%) ...
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Group B Coxsackievirus Diabetogenic Phenotype Correlates with Replication Efficiency
... Group B coxsackieviruses can initiate rapid onset type 1 diabetes (T1D) in old nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice. Inoculating high doses of poorly pathogenic CVB3/GA per mouse initiated rapid onset T1D. Viral ...
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Group B streptococcus and pregnancy : towards an optimal prevention strategy for neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease
... 1970s, Group B Streptococcus (GBS, Streptococcus agalactiae) has been recog- nized as the most important infectious cause of morbidity and mortality in newborn ...
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The Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Debate
... genital group B streptococcal colonization at ...perinatal group B strepto- coccal disease: a public health ...early-onset group B streptococcal (GBS) ...
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Nosocomial Transmission of Group B Streptococci
... Wilkinson HW, Facklam RR, Wortham EC: Distribu- tion by serological type of group B streptococci isolated from a variety of clinical material over a five-year period (with special refere[r] ...
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Maternal ABO Blood Group Type B: A Risk Factor in the Development of Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease
... In a prospective study of maternal genital colonization with group B streptococci (GBS) at the time of delivery, epidemiological data, including blood type (ABO group), were recorded for[r] ...
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