Article
Familial segregation of group B streptococcal infection in a consanguineous kindred.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 1 Oct 2016
Licciardi Francesco, Montin Davide, Versace Antonia, Migliore Giuseppina, Tzialla Chryssoula, Fellay Jacques, Borghesi Alessandro
Abstract excerpt
Two cases of neonatal group B streptococcal (GBS) infection occurring in a large consanguineous kindred are described. The observation suggests that susceptibility to isolated GBS disease in this family may have been the result of an inborn error of immunity inherited as a Mendelian autosomal recessive trait.
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