A Population-Based Assessment of Invasive Disease Due to Group B Streptococcus in Nonpregnant Adults
- 24 June 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 328 (25), 1807-1811
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199306243282503
Abstract
Group B streptococci (Streptococcus agalactiae) are a major cause of meningitis and septicemia in neonates and pregnant women, but the importance of group B streptococcal disease in nonpregnant adults has not been clearly defined.Keywords
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