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. 2017 Nov-Dec;168(9-10):793-801.
doi: 10.1016/j.resmic.2017.04.002. Epub 2017 Apr 20.

Group B Streptococcus and perinatal mortality

Piet Cools  1 , Pierrette Melin  2
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Group B Streptococcus and perinatal mortality

Piet Cools et al. Res Microbiol. 2017 Nov-Dec.
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Abstract

The World Health Organization estimates that every year, one million neonatal deaths occur because of neonatal infection. Furthermore, an equal number of stillbirths are thought to be caused by infections. Here we discuss the role of Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus, GBS) in neonatal disease and stillbirth.

Keywords: GBS; Group B Streptococcus; Neonatal disease; Stillbirth; Streptococcus agalactiae.

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