Early onset group B streptococcal neonatal infection in Oxford 1985-96
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- 1 September 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal & Neonatal
- Vol. 79 (2) , F148-F149
- https://doi.org/10.1136/fn.79.2.f148
Abstract
Of 74 920 babies live born in Oxford between 1985 and 1996, 41 (0.5 per 1000 95% CI 0.4–0.7) developed definite, culture confirmed, early onset (<48 hours) group B streptococcal infection and 32 (0.4 per 1000 95% CI 0.3–0.6) developed probable infection (sepsis plus colonisation). There was no significant variation in incidence with time. The mortality from definite infection was 19.5%, and from probable infection 6%. These data suggest that the incidence of group B streptococcal infection in Oxford is considerably lower than that reported in the USA.Keywords
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