Type IV neonatal early-onset group B streptococcal disease in a United States hospital.
Group B streptococcus (GBS) serotypes causing neonatal disease vary by geographic region. Surveillance at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, revealed a case of neonatal early-onset sepsis caused by type IV GBS. Neonatal type IV disease occurs in the Middle East but has not recently been described in U.S. infants.
Puopolo
Karen M
KM
Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. kpuopolo@partners.org
Madoff
Lawrence C
LC
D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001900:Boston / Q000453:epidemiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*; D012703:Serotyping; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*