Neonatal invasive disease caused by Streptococcus agalactiae in Europe: the DEVANI multi-center study.
Florens LohrmannMarkus HufnagelMirjam KunzeBaharak AfsharRoberta CretiAntoaneta DetchevaJana KozakovaJavier Rodriguez-GrangerUffe B Skov SørensenImmaculada MargaritDomenico MaioneDaniela RinaudoGraziella OreficiJohn TelfordManuel de la Rosa FraileMogens KilianAndroulla EfstratiouReinhard BernerPierrette Melinnull nullPublished in: Infection (2022)
Standardizing recommendations related to neonatal GBS disease and increasing compliance might improve clinical care and the prevention of GBS EOD. But even full adherence to antenatal screening would miss a relevant number of EOD cases, thus, the most promising prophylactic approach against GBS EOD and LOD would be a vaccine for maternal immunization.