1. Maternal Carriage in Late-Onset Group B Streptococcus Disease, Italy
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Berardi, Alberto, Spada, Caterina, Creti, Roberta, Auriti, Cinzia, Gambini, Lucia, Rizzo, Vittoria, Capretti, Mariagrazia, Laforgia, Nicola, Papa, Irene, Tarocco, Anna, Lanzoni, Angela, Biasucci, Giacomo, Piccinini, Giancarlo, Nardella, Giovanna, Latorre, Giuseppe, Merazzi, Daniele, Travan, Laura, Reggiani, Maria Letizia Bacchi, Baroni, Lorenza, Ciccia, Matilde, Lucaccioni, Laura, Iughetti, Lorenzo, and Lugli, Licia
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Statistics ,Risk factors ,Causes of ,Health aspects ,Disease transmission -- Risk factors -- Causes of -- Statistics ,Streptococcus agalactiae -- Statistics ,Streptococcal infections -- Statistics -- Risk factors -- Causes of ,Perinatal infection -- Risk factors -- Causes of -- Statistics ,Mothers -- Statistics -- Health aspects - Abstract
Group B Streptococcus (GBS; Streptococcus agalactiae) is a notable cause of sepsis and meningitis in infancy (1). Intrapartum antimicrobial prophylaxis (IAP) has substantially reduced the rates of early-onset disease (EOD; [...]
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- 2021
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