PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Lahra M Moses
AU  - P T Heath
AU  - A R Wilkinson
AU  - H E Jeffery
AU  - D Isaacs
TI  - Early onset group B streptococcal neonatal infection in Oxford 1985-96
AID  - 10.1136/fn.79.2.F148
DP  - 1998 Sep 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
PG  - F148--F149
VI  - 79
IP  - 2
4099  - http://fn.bmj.com/content/79/2/F148.short
4100  - http://fn.bmj.com/content/79/2/F148.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed1998 Sep 01; 79
AB  - 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.