Table 3 Case fatality rates of proved cases of group B streptococcal (GBS) sepsis (<3 months) in the past three decades.

	GBS sepsis
	Early onset	Late onset
Remington and Klein 11*
1982	55	23
1995	10–15	2–6
2001	5–10	2–6
The Netherlands (all hospitals)†
1997–1998	11/157 (7)	2/27 (7)
1999–2001	17/196 (9)	2/50 (4)
1997–2001	28/353 (8)	4/77 (5)
The Netherlands (NICUs)†
1977–198112	13/21 (62)	4/5 (80)
1985–199313	18/78 (23)	2/4 (50)
1994–199614	21/66 (32)	3/7 (43)
1997–2001 (this study‡)	14/111 (13)	2/19 (10)

*Values are %.

†Values are n/N (%).

‡Case fatality rate in the same eight neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in the Netherlands as in 1994–6.