Article
Disease burden and antimicrobial resistance of invasive group B streptococcus among infants in China: a protocol for a national prospective observational study.
BMC infectious diseases - 31 May 2017
Ji Wenjing, Liu Haiying, Jin Zhengjiang, Wang Aimin, Mu Xiaoping, Qin Xiaosong, Wang Weidong, Gao Chunyan, Zhu Yuning, Feng Xiaodan, Lei Jine, She Shangyang, Jiang Lan, Liu Jing, Yang Shuhua, Liu Zeshi, Li Gang, Li Qiuhong, Guo Dawen, Aziz Muhammad Majid, Gillani Ali Hassan, Fang Yu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a cause of neonatal sepsis, pneumonia, and meningitis that can lead to neurological sequelae in infants less than 3 months of age. The GBS disease burden is not known in China, therefore it cannot receive major attention. The main objectives of this study are the evaluation of the incidence of neonatal GBS infection, GBS case-fatality ratio, its serotypes and genotypes,...
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- China
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Female
- Genes, Essential
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn