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J Infect Dis
; 226(3): 541-545, 2022 08 26.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35235664
RESUMO
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is the leading cause of neonatal infections and an important pathogen in pregnancy. However, the features of pregnancy-associated infections are poorly reported. We analyzed 336 cases of GBS invasive infections in women aged 18-50 years, including 242 (72.0%) pregnancy-associated infections. In pregnancy, most cases were intra-amniotic infections (55.8%), occurred preterm (61.3%), and were associated with obstetrical and neonatal complications (81.7%). The GBS clone CC-17 (18.8% of the cases) was overrepresented intrapartum (35.2%; odds ratio,â 5.1 [95% confidence interval, 1.6-19.3]). This work highlights the burden of GBS and of the CC-17 clone infections during pregnancy.