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Incidence of invasive group B streptococcal disease and pathogen genotype distribution in newborn babies in the Netherlands over 25 years: a nationwide surveillance study.
The Lancet. Infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2014
Bekker Vincent, Bijlsma Merijn W, van de Beek Diederik, Kuijpers Taco W, van der Ende Arie
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Group B streptococcus is the most common cause of neonatal infections. We studied the clinical and molecular epidemiology of invasive group B streptococcus infection in children younger than 3 months in the Netherlands over 25 years. We assessed the effect of the Dutch guidelines, introduced in 1999, for prevention of group B streptococcus, consisting of intravenous antibiotic prophylaxis during...
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