title: Invasive group B streptococcal infections in infants, France.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Poyart
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Réglier-Poupet
authors.forename: Asmaa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tazi
authors.forename: Annick
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Billoët
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dmytruk
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bidet
authors.forename: Edouard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bingen
authors.forename: Josette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Raymond
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Trieu-Cuot
mesh_terms: 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