| co-existent cross-infection with streptococcus pneumoniae and group b streptococci on an adult oncology unit. | an outbreak of respiratory infection in an adult oncology unit is described where there was evidence of co-existent cross-infection with streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 14 and lancefield group b streptococcus type ia. the presumed route of transmission was droplet spread from patient to patient. no further cases arose after the ward had been closed to new admissions and all symptomatic patients were treated with erythromycin. we suggest that patients with pneumococcal pneumonia on units housin ... | 1993 | 8099926 |
| surveillance of neonatal group b streptococcal infection in sunderland. | surveillance of neonatal group b streptococcus infection in sunderland identified 15 confirmed cases (with positive cultures from blood or csf) in three years from 1995 to 1997, equivalent to an incidence of 1.42 per 1000 live births, not much lower than the estimate of 1.8 used in the united states to justify the introduction of preventative policies. confirmed early-onset cases may represent only a fraction of the true number of cases, and a modified risk factor-based policy was introduced in ... | 1999 | 10462900 |
| neonatal group b streptococcal infection in south bedfordshire, 1993-1998. | group b streptococcus (gbs) is now the leading cause of neonatal bacterial sepsis in the western world. the incidence of gbs infection in the united states has been determined, and guidelines produced and implemented for the prevention of neonatal infection. neither incidence nor guidelines are currently established in the united kingdom. | 2000 | 10794787 |
| carriage of group b streptococcus in pregnant women from oxford, uk. | to investigate asymptomatic vagino-rectal carriage of group b streptococcus (gbs) in pregnant women. | 2006 | 16473927 |
| antimicrobial policies in the neonatal units of the united kingdom and republic of ireland. | to review antibiotic and antifungal policies in british and irish neonatal units (nnus). | 2008 | 18238883 |
| group b streptococcal disease in infants: a case control study. | to describe and quantify the maternal and neonatal factors associated with group b streptococcus (gbs) disease in infants <90 days of age. | 2009 | 19457879 |
| empirical treatment of neonatal sepsis: are the current guidelines adequate? | to use national laboratory surveillance data to determine whether pathogens responsible for neonatal bacteraemia were sensitive to nationally recommended antibiotic regimens. | 2011 | 20584804 |
| neonatal infections in england: the neonin surveillance network. | neonatal infection is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. neonatal infection surveillance networks are necessary for defining the epidemiology of infections and monitoring changes over time. | 2010 | 20876594 |
| the contribution of infections to neonatal deaths in england and wales. | this study used anonymized death certificate data to determine the contribution of specific infections to neonatal deaths in england and wales between 2003 and 2005. infection was recorded in 11% of deaths, with two-thirds occurring in premature neonates. group b streptococcus was indicated in 32% of death certificates that specified a bacterial infection and in 11% of all infection-related deaths. | 2011 | 21317829 |
| the economic costs of group b streptococcus (gbs) disease: prospective cohort study of infants with gbs disease in england. | the objective of this study was to estimate the economic costs over the first 2 years of life of group b streptococcus (gbs) disease occurring in infants less than 90 days of age. a cost analysis was conducted using a prospective cohort of children born between 2000 and 2003 in the greater london, oxford, portsmouth and bristol areas of england. unit costs were applied to estimates of the health and social resource use made by 138 infants diagnosed with gbs disease and 305 non-gbs controls match ... | 2009 | 19002511 |
| early-onset neonatal group b streptococcal infection in london: 1990-1999. | to identify the incidence of early-onset group b streptococcal infection and to describe the antecedent maternal risk factors, in order to provide data to inform the design of interventional strategies that could be introduced in the uk to reduce the burden of this infection. | 2004 | 15327618 |
| risk factors for early onset neonatal group b streptococcal sepsis: case-control study. | to quantify risk factors for and the prevalence of early onset group b streptococcal sepsis in neonates in a geographically defined population. | 2002 | 12169506 |
| neonatal meningitis in england and wales: a review of routine national data. | the objective of this study was to describe trends in neonatal meningitis in england and wales during the years 1975-91. laboratory reports and, for the years 1983-91, data on statutory notifications and deaths from neonatal meningitis were reviewed. the mean annual total of laboratory reports of neonatal bacterial meningitis 1975-91 was 109 cases (range 69-133) with a slight upward trend apparent in the latter half of the study period. the mean annual number of reports of neonatal viral meningi ... | 1994 | 7979482 |
| early neonatal bacteraemia. comparison of group b streptococcal, other gram-positive and gram-negative infections. | all cases of neonatal bacteraemia associated with clinical illness occurring at hammersmith hospital, over a 9-year period, 1967-1975 inclusive, have been reviewed. the infants studied were those born in the hospital's maternity unit and those admitted from other hospitals from a wide area round london who were ill or of low birthweight. positive blood cultures occurred in 91 infants, 47 of them in the first 48 hours of life. these 47 infants were analysed separately and divided into three group ... | 1977 | 335983 |