Serotype Distribution of clinical isolates of group B streptococci Isolated in Belgium : isolates from neonatal infection compared to isolates from infection in adult or colonization in pregnant women

peer reviewed ; Background: Group B Streptococci cause invasive disease in neonates, pregnant women and non-pregnant adults. In the last decades capsular serotypes (type) Ia, Ib, II and III caused the majority of clinical diseases. More recently, in North America, type V emerged as the more common type in non-pregnant adults with invasive disease. Methods: From January 1999 through December 2001, we received and typed a total of 334 clinically significant strains of GBS isolated in the laboratories belonging to the Belgian network for epidemiological surveillance. 113 were recovered from neona... Mehr ...