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. 1978 Feb;7(2):176–179. doi: 10.1128/jcm.7.2.176-179.1978

Analysis of group B streptococcal types associated with disease in human infants and adults.

H W Wilkinson
PMCID: PMC274888  PMID: 344337

Abstract

It is important to resolve existing differences of opinion regarding group B streptococcal type distribution in human disease because of the relevance of type prevalence to future programs of prevention. This report compares data obtained from typing 392 group B streptococci isolated from systemic infections in both infants and adults in the United States from 1972 through 1975. The data showed a substantial predominance of type III among strains isolated from cases of infant meningitis and from "late-onset" septicemia but did not confirm a prior report that type Ia causes most cases of "early-onset" infant septicemia. Type II was the predominant serotype among 11 cerebrospinal fluid isolates from adults. The fact that over one-fourth of the isolates were types other than Ia or III means that future epidemiological studies, including definition of immunological factors, must include all five group B types.

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