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[Materno-fetal colonization by group B beta-hemolytic streptococcus and neonatal meningitis]
G Castelli1, G Pilotti, V Tullio
1Ospedale Mauriziano, Umberto I di Torino, Divisione di Pediatria.
Abstract:
Two cases of purulent meningitis by Group B streptococci are reported. The bacteria agents were clearly transmitted transplacentally from mother to child. The bacteriological and clinical data are reported and discussed in relation to international literature.