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Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Research from H. Bergseng and co-authors provides new data about clinical microbiology and infectious disease
January 20th, 2009
"The aim of this study was to survey the occurrence of invasive group B streptococcus (GBS) disease in Norway and detect possible trends in characteristics of invasive GBS strains from1996 to 2006. Data from national monitoring systems for infectious diseases in Norway were analysed," scientists writing in the European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases report. "Of 638,452 live births in the period, 434 cases of invasive GBS disease in infants were reported. In adults and children older than 1 year of age, 969 cases were reported. The incidence of invasive GBS disease increased significantly in the elderly, while the incidence of neonatal...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-01-20)
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