Early-onset neonatal group B streptococcal septicaemia in siblings.
At each of two consecutive deliveries, a woman gave birth to a baby that developed early-onset group B streptococcal (GBS) septicaemia. A low titre of serum antibodies to the type of the infecting GBS and persistence of the organism in the mother were demonstrated. This case confirms that mothers of GBS infected infants are at high risk of their future babies being similarly infected.
Carstensen
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Department of Paediatrics, University of Lund, Malmö General Hospital, Sweden.
Christensen
K K
KK
Grennert
L
L
Persson
K
K
Polberger
S
S
D000328:Adult; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000276:immunology; D012307:Risk Factors; D018805:Sepsis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D005839:Gentamicins; D000667:Ampicillin