Type IV neonatal early-onset group B streptococcal disease in a United States hospital

J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Apr;45(4):1360-2. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02487-06. Epub 2007 Jan 31.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Boston / epidemiology
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology
  • Cross Infection / microbiology
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Sepsis / microbiology*
  • Serotyping
  • Streptococcal Infections / epidemiology
  • Streptococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Streptococcus agalactiae / classification
  • Streptococcus agalactiae / isolation & purification*