Relationship of neonatal pneumonia to maternal urinary and neonatal isolates of group B streptococci.
Of 1,500 consecutive deliveries, there were 41 term infants with suspected sepsis in association with a positive culture for group B streptococci (GBS) from either the infant soon after birth, or the mother's urine routinely collected three days postpartum. A statistically higher incidence of pneumonia was found in these infants as compared to matched controls. Infants born to mothers with GBS in the urine had a high incidence of suspected sepsis (43.6%) as well as a high incidence of pneumonia (38.6%). We conclude that term infants colonized at birth with GBS or born to mothers with GBS isolated from their urine are at high risk of having pneumonia.
D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000635:transmission; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011645:Puerperal Infection / Q000175:diagnosis; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000635:transmission / Q000652:urine; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification