Publications

invasive disease due to group b streptococcus in pregnant women and neonates from diverse population groups.	from 1993 through 1996, surveillance for invasive disease due to group b streptococcus (gbs) in neonates aged <7 days and in peripartum pregnant women was performed in a racially and ethnically diverse cohort in 4 cities in the united states. in a birth population of 157,184, 130 neonatal cases (0.8 per 1000) and 54 maternal cases (0.3 per 1000) were identified. significant correlates with neonatal disease were black or hispanic race and a birth weight <2500 g. the attack rate for peripartum mat ...	2000	10671328
group b streptococcal colonization and antibody status in lower socioeconomic parturient women.	this investigation was undertaken to determine the prevalence of group b streptococcal vaginal and throat colonization among lower socioeconomic pregnant women and the antibody concentration to the capsular polysaccharide antigen of type iii group b streptococcus in their sera. group b streptococci were recovered from 28.6 per cent of the 112 women studied; vaginal colonization was detected in 23.4 per cent, throat colonization in 4.7 per cent, and colonization at both sites in 0.9 per cent of t ...	1979	369376