Low but Increasing Prevalence of Reduced Beta-lactam Susceptibility Among Invasive Group B Streptococcal Isolates, US Population-Based Surveillance, 1998-2018.

Miwako KobayashiLesley McGeeSopio ChochuaMirasol ApostolNisha B AldenMonica M FarleyLee H HarrisonRuth LynfieldPaula Snippes VagnoneChad SmelserAlison MuseAnn R ThomasLi DengBenjamin J MetcalfBernard W BeallStephanie J Schrag

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2020)

The RBSL proportion was low but increasing among US iGBS isolates. Ongoing monitoring is needed to detect emerging threats to prevention and treatment of GBS infections.

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