| [detection of group b streptococcus in the cases died of neonatal pneumonia]. | from the 1970s, group b streptococci (gbs) have been widely recognized as an important pathogen in neonatal infectious disease, and it emerged as the leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality in the western world. however, there are few data on the prevalence of neonatal gbs infections in china. the aim of this retrospective study was to estimate whether gbs is an important pathogen in severe neonatal pneumonia, and to develop a method for detection of gbs infections in fatal neonatal pn ... | 2006 | 17274877 |