Association between maternal Gm allotype and neonatal septicaemia with group B streptococci

Thirty-four mothers to infants seriously infected with group B streptococci (GBS) were investigated for G1m (1) and G3m(5) allotype markers. The frequency of Gm (1, -5) was 14.7%, of Gm(1,5) 20.6% and Gm (-1, 5) 64.7%. There was a marked deficit Gm (1) individuals and the distribution significantly differed from that in the normal Swedish populations.