Invasive disease due to group B Streptococcus infection (Streptococcus agalactiae) results
in a wide spectrum of clinical disease. In North America, serotypes Ia, Ib, II, III, and V are …

Background Maternal rectovaginal colonization with Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B
Streptococcus or GBS) is the most common route for the GBS disease in the perinatal …

Abstract Background Streptococcus agalacticae (Group B Streptococcus, GBS) is one of the
most important causative agents of serious infections among neonates. This study was …

Group B streptococci (GBS) are Gram-positive β-hemolytic bacteria that can cause serious
and life-threatening infections in neonates manifesting as sepsis, pneumonia, meningitis …

Abstract Background Estimates of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) disease burden,
antimicrobial susceptibility, and serotypes in pregnant women are limited for many resource …

Abstract Background Maternal Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus, GBS)
colonization rates and its antibiotic resistance patterns provide important information useful …

Rectovaginal area of pregnant women can be colonized transiently with group B
Streptococcus (GBS) without causing disease. The bacteria can be transmitted to the …

ABSTRACT Objective Group B Streptococcus (GBS)-associated maternal, perinatal, and
neonatal mortality and morbidity disproportionately affects Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This …

Background: Neonatal sepsis is a leading cause of morbidity and early-life mortality
worldwide, and previous data have reported the highest neonatal mortality rate in Pakistan …

Background. Group B Streptococcus (GBS) contributes to maternal and neonatal morbidity
and mortality by increasing intrauterine infection or vertical transmission at the time of birth …