[Group B streptococci: the most common cause of neonatal septicemia (author's transl)].
Between 1965--78 118 newborns with septicemia have been treated in the Children's Hospital of the Free University Berlin. Microorganisms identified were streptococci in 32 cases, 27 of which were group B streptococci (increasing number since 1973). In 1978 group B streptococci were responsible for 44% of all the septicemia cases as well as for 12% of all newborn deaths. The incidence of group B streptococcal septicemia in newborn babies is 1/1000 live births for the Berlin region. 2 patients presented the late-onset type of group B streptococcal neonatal sepsis; both survived having neurological sequelae. 25 newborns belonged to the early-onset group, the mortality rate in this group is 56%. The clinical features, bacteriological findings and risk factors are summarized in table form. There could be an influence related to the maternal blood type. Histological examinations in 5 placentae revealed signs of amniotic infection.
D001724:Birth Weight; D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007234:Infant, Premature; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae; D013997:Time Factors
D001789:Blood Group Antigens
B-Streptokokken als häufigste Erreger der Neugeborenensepsis. Einleitung, Häufigkeit, Klinik, Therapie.