Invasive group B streptococcal infections in infants, France.
Clinical features and molecular characterization of 109 group B streptococci causing neonatal invasive infections were determined over an 18-month period in France. Sixty-four percent of the strains were from late-onset infections, and 75% were capsular type III. The hypervirulent clone ST-17 was recovered in 80% of meningitis cases.
Poyart
Claire
C
Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U567, Unité Mixte de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 810, Paris, France. claire.poyart@cch.aphp.fr
Réglier-Poupet
Hélène
H
Tazi
Asmaa
A
Billoët
Annick
A
Dmytruk
Nicolas
N
Bidet
Philippe
P
Bingen
Edouard
E
Raymond
Josette
J
Trieu-Cuot
Patrick
P
D017668:Age of Onset; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014774:Virulence