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. 2008 Nov 1;198(9):1375-8.
doi: 10.1086/592221.

Acquisition and transmission of group B Streptococcus during pregnancy

Betsy Foxman  1 , Carmen L B de Azevedo, Miatta Buxton, Joan DeBusscher, Parvathy Pillai, Newton S De Carvalho, Cibele Barbosa-Cesnik
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Acquisition and transmission of group B Streptococcus during pregnancy

Betsy Foxman et al. J Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a major cause of neonatal sepsis and meningitis. We followed up 78 pregnant couples for < or =2 months to estimate the risk of GBS transmission. Among couples with discordant GBS status, we observed 1 male-to-female transmission event (1 of 3 couples in which the woman was GBS negative at enrollment), but no female-to-male transmission events (0 of 8 couples in which the man was GBS negative at enrollment).

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