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Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2017 Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is an opportunistic harmless bacterium which the leading cause of neonatal infections. Our purpose was to determine capsular genotypes distribution and antibiotic resistance pattern of GBS isolated from clinical samples.
Masoumeh Navidinia +3 more
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Colonization Rate of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in Pregnant Women Using GBS Agar Medium [PDF]
Acta Medica Iranica, 2009 Group B streptococci (GBS) or Streptococcus agalactiae are members of the normal flora of the female genital tract. GBS normally colonizes the vagina in many women asymptomatically.
Farnaz Fatemi +5 more
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Group B streptococcus late-onset disease,contaminated breast milk and mothers persistently GBS negative: report of 3cases [PDF]
BMC Pediatrics, 2018 Background Human milk is fundamental for its nutritional properties and to protect newborns, but it is not sterile and can sometime transmit bacteria. Few anecdotal cases suggest that breast milk could be a possible source of group B Streptococcus (GBS ...
Giangiacomo Nicolini +5 more
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IDCases, 2020 Group A Streptococcus is well established as the most common pathogen causing necrotizing fasciitis. In contrast, Group B Streptococcus (GBS, or Streptococcus agalactiae) is a rare cause of necrotizing fasciitis, particularly in adults.
Sophia Collis, Scott Hoskinson
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Group B streptococcal infective endocarditis
Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2014 Summary: Streptococcus agalactiae (S. agalactiae), also referred as group B streptococcus (GBS), is an important pathogen in neonates and a rare cause of invasive infection in adults.
Mahmoud Abdelghany, Louis Schenfeld
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Urinary tract infection due to Group B Streptococcus: A case series from Eastern India
Clinical Case Reports, 2021 Group B Streptococcus (GBS) or Streptococcus agalactiae is an uncommon causative agent of urinary tract infection (UTI). We present a series of seven cases of UTI due to GBS from a tertiary care hospital of Eastern India, highlighting its emerging role ...
Srujana Mohanty +4 more
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Applied Microbiology, 2023 (1) Background: We aimed to explore the feasibility of collecting intrapartum maternal Group B Streptococcus (GBS) colonization and immediate post-birth neonatal GBS colonization cultures for use in a larger trial and to identify cases of residual GBS ...
Emily Malloy +5 more
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Invasive group B streptococcal infection in infants, Malawi. [PDF]
, 2007 Group B streptococci (GBS) are a recently identified cause of neonatal sepsis in Malawi. In Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi, during May 2004-June 2005, GBS were isolated from routine blood and cerebrospinal fluid cultures from 57 ...
Gray, Katherine J +9 more
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Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2021 We report 4 cases of neonatal sepsis caused by Streptococcus gallolyticus. The clinical course was quite similar to early-and late-onset group B streptococcus disease. None of the mothers had group B streptococcus (GBS) colonization on prenatal screening
Jun Yi Sim +9 more
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Maternal and Neonatal Colonisation of Group B Streptococcus at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Antimicrobial Resistance. [PDF]
, 2009 Group B streptococcus (GBS), which asymptomatically colonises the vaginal and rectal areas of women, is the leading cause of septicemia, meningitis and pneumonia in neonates. In Tanzania no studies have been done on GBS colonisation of pregnant women and
Joachim Agricola +15 more
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