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. 1998 Sep;79(2):F148-9.
doi: 10.1136/fn.79.2.f148.

Early onset group B streptococcal neonatal infection in Oxford 1985-96

L M Moses  1 , P T Heath, A R Wilkinson, H E Jeffery, D Isaacs
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Early onset group B streptococcal neonatal infection in Oxford 1985-96

L M Moses et al. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 1998 Sep.

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.

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