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. 1971 Jul;24(5):438–441. doi: 10.1136/jcp.24.5.438

The importance of group B streptococci as human pathogens in the British Isles

I A Harper 1,1
PMCID: PMC477022  PMID: 5571836

Abstract

A case of meningitis due to a group B streptococcus in a newborn baby is described. Treatment was successful; it depended upon the bacteriological diagnosis and sensitivity testing. Only a few such cases are reported in the British literature, but this type of infection may be more common than these reports would suggest.

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