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Long-term outcomes after group B streptococcus infection: a cohort study.

Kee Thai YeoMonica LahraBarbara BajukLisa HilderAbdel-Latif MohamedIan M WrightJu-Lee Oei
Published in: Archives of disease in childhood (2018)
Despite decreasing GBS rates, the risk of poor health outcomes for GBS-infected children remains elevated, especially during the first 5 years. Survivors continue to be at increased risk of death and chronic conditions requiring hospitalisations, such as cerebral palsy and epilepsy.
Keyphrases
  • cerebral palsy
  • young adults
  • biofilm formation
  • candida albicans
  • escherichia coli
  • pseudomonas aeruginosa