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A 5-Year Review of Recurrent Group B Streptococcal Disease: Lessons from Twin Infants
1 Feb 2000
Abstract excerpt
Recurrent invasive disease due to group B Streptococcus (GBS) in twin infants has not been reported. We report 2 cases of recurrent GBS afflicting both siblings of a set of dichorionic twin infants. The maternal and infant colonizing and invasive strains were identical by serotyping and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Despite attempts at eradication with different antibiotic regimens, the infants...
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