Article
Clonal analysis of Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from infants with neonatal sepsis or meningitis and their mothers and from healthy pregnant women.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Oct 1993
Helmig R, Uldbjerg N, Boris J, Kilian M
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study was to evaluate if group B streptococci (GBS) isolated from infants with neonatal sepsis or meningitis and their mothers differ from GBS isolated from healthy pregnant women who gave birth to healthy infants. Danish clinical isolates of GBS (n = 118) were characterized b...
Topics
- Bacteremia
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Isoenzymes
- Meningitis, Bacterial
- Mothers
- Phylogeny
- Pregnancy
- Reference Values
- Serotyping
- Streptococcal Infections
- Streptococcus agalactiae