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Congenital septicaemia and pneumonia due to group B streptoccus

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A case of congenital septicaemia and pneumonia is described in a term infant born to a vaginal carrier of Lancefield Group B streptococcus. This organism’s increasing significance as a cause of perinatal infection is emphasised.

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  1. Department of Neonatal Paediatrics and Pathology, National Maternity Hospital, Dublin

    Colm O’Herlihy, Joan Gearty & Philip Troy

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O’Herlihy, C., Gearty, J. & Troy, P. Congenital septicaemia and pneumonia due to group B streptoccus. IJMS 145, 135–137 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02938933

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