Streptococcal Infections, Group B
CDC/AAP/Group B Streptococcal Infections
... We are concerned that our study was not interpreted accu- rately and wish to clarify the issue. The 6 patients who died after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) placement were at the severe end of the spectrum of ...
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Incidence and Clinical Presentation of Invasive Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Infections in Germany
... Intrapartum fever, urinary tract infections with GBS, or previous children with GBS infections occurred only in single cases among our study population. With respect to maternal GBS colonization, the ...
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High Incidence of Invasive Group B Streptococcal Infections in HIV-Exposed Uninfected Infants
... The medical charts of all HEU infants who were born between January 1, 2001, and December 31, 2008, were re- viewed to identify GBS infection. For comparison of the characteristics of GBS infection in HEU infants with ...
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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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Strategies for preventing group B streptococcal infections in newborns: a nation-wide survey of Italian policies
... Although we have no information on the total number of blood and CSF cultures collected in neonates, in the current study rates of positive blood cultures were sig- nificantly higher in Central compared to Northern and ...
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Streptococcal Submandibular Cellulitis in Young Infants
... The five infants with group B streptococcal infections responded promptly to initial therapy of cefamandole (one patient), gentamicin combined with ampicillin (three patients), or methic[r] ...
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Epidemiology of early-onset neonatal group B streptococcal infection
... We also conducted a chart review of all cases of early-onset neonatal GBS infections treated at all hos- pitals providing neonatal intensive care during 2002 and 2003. Cases were determined using laboratory ...
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Prevention of Early-onset Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease
... the gastrointestinal tract and vagina in 15% to 40% of women (median 5 20%) and are transmitted to the newborn before or during delivery through a vertical or ascending route. Because the majority of new- borns are ...
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Recommendations for the Prevention of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal (GBS) Disease
... The revised 2010 GBS American Acad- emy of Pediatrics guidelines for neona- tal management were designed to broaden the scope to include all neo- nates, to increase the clarity of the rec- ommendations, and to decrease ...
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Molecular Epidemiology of Noninvasive and Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections in Cape Town
... Tamboura B, Kittang B, Melo-Cristino J, Ramirez M, Straut M, Suvorov A, Totolian A, Engel M, Mayosi B, Whitelaw A, Darenberg J, Normark BH, et ...
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Group B streptococcus and pregnancy : towards an optimal prevention strategy for neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease
... The Dutch Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and the Dutch Society of Pediatrics(10) recommend intrapartum maternal administration of antibiotics in women with intrapartum temperature > 38ºC, in women with GBS ...
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Biofilm in group A streptococcal necrotizing soft tissue infections
... Biofilm in NSTI patient tissue biopsies. Further analyses included multiple biopsies collected at repeated surgery from the sites of infection (e.g., fascia, soft tissue, and muscle) of 31 GAS NSTI patients. Varying ...
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Severe Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections: A Subject Review
... invasive group A b -hemolytic streptococcal (GABHS) infections is often precipitous, requiring prompt diagnosis and rapid initi- ation of appropriate ...GABHS infections has been ...
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Recent Epidemiology of Group A Streptococcal Infections in North America and Abroad: An Overview
... Epidemiologic analysis of group A streptococcal serotypes associated with severe systemic infections, rheumatic fever, or uncomplicated pharyngitis. Anthony B, Kaplan E, Wannamaker L, Ch[r] ...
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Epidemiology of Group A Streptococcal infections in and around Coimbatore
... untreated streptococcal throat infection can act as a predisposing ...reactive B cells can be anergic in the circulating periphery without a co- stimulation from the T ...like B cells can present ...
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The Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Debate
... increase in the attack rate of neonatal invasive bacterial disease from 1986 –1994, the “no prophylaxis” period, might be attribut- able to no prophylaxis, an increase in the number of very low birth weight/high-risk ...
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Major Outbreak of Toxic Shock Like Syndrome Caused by Streptococcus mitis
... Severe illness caused by viridans streptococci rarely occurs in immunocompetent hosts. Between December 1990 and May 1991, thousands of patients in the YangZi River Delta area of Jiangsu Province, China, suffered from ...
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Assay of antibody to group A streptococcal carbohydrate by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
... This test has been used to measure antibody to the group A carbohydrate ACHO in the serum of patients with group A streptococcal infections and their complications, e.g., nephritis or rh[r] ...
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Neurological Sequelae of Group B Streptococcal Neonatal Infection
... Eighteen survivors from a series of 44 infants with neonatal group B streptococcal infection were examined for neurological sequelae. Four of the 18 were found to have some neurological [r] ...
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Long-Term Outcome of Group B Streptococcal Meningitis
... in early infancy.1 The current study was undertaken to provide additional information on expected sur- vival and long-term neurologic, intellectual, behav- ioral, and academic outcome of[r] ...
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