TY - JOUR T1 - Early onset group B streptococcal neonatal infection in Oxford 1985-96 JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - F148 LP - F149 DO - 10.1136/fn.79.2.F148 VL - 79 IS - 2 AU - Lahra M Moses AU - P T Heath AU - A R Wilkinson AU - H E Jeffery AU - D Isaacs Y1 - 1998/09/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/79/2/F148.abstract N2 - Of 74 920 babies live born in Oxford between 1985 and 1996, 41 (0.5 per 1000 95% CI 0.4–0.7) developed definite, culture confirmed, early onset (<48 hours) group B streptococcal infection and 32 (0.4 per 1000 95% CI 0.3–0.6) developed probable infection (sepsis plus colonisation). There was no significant variation in incidence with time. The mortality from definite infection was 19.5%, and from probable infection 6%.  These data suggest that the incidence of group B streptococcal infection in Oxford is considerably lower than that reported in the USA. ER -