Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3376295 | Journal of Infection | 2006 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
SummarySerotype VI group B Streptococcus (GBS) has been almost frequently isolated among colonizing strains of pregnant women in Japan, but the clinical features and prognosis, when a patient is invasively infected, are largely unknown. We report, for the first time, three cases of fatal infection caused by serotype VI GBS; two cases were middle-aged men with necrotizing fasciitis/cellulitis, sepsis, and toxic shock syndrome with poorly controlled diabetes as underlying conditions; and one was a premature infant with intrauterine infection. Our results indicated that type VI GBS is pathogenic for humans not only in fetuses but also adults, and has the ability to be fatal, at least in selected patients.
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Authors
Kousaku Matsubara, Hiroshige Mikamo, Makiko Numa, Go Yamamoto, Hitoshi Kusano, Yoshikazu Takamine,