Group B streptococcal infection in a tertiary hospital in India--1998-2010.
This retrospective study was done to determine the incidence of neonatal Group B streptococcal sepsis among newborn between 1998 and 2010. Among 107,692 babies born during this period, the overall incidence of Group B streptococcal sepsis was 0.76/1000 live births with the incidence of early onset sepsis being 0.68 (95% confidence interval: 0.52-0.83)/1000 live births. The overall rate of early onset sepsis decreased to 0.55/1000 live births with introduction of intrapartum antibiotic policy.
From the *Neonatology Department; †Department of Biostatistics; and ‡Microbiology Department, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
Santhanam
S
Sridhar
Rebekah
R
Grace
Ponmudi J
PJ
Nithya
Veeraraghavan
V
Balaji
Thomas
T
Niranjan
Kumar
K
Manish
Kuruvilla Kurien
KK
Anil
Jana Kumar
JK
Atanu
D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers