Epidemiology and bacterial characteristics of invasive group B streptococcus disease: a population-based study in Japan in 2010-2020.

ABSTRACT: This is the first report on a population-based prospective study of invasive group B streptococcus (GBS) disease among children aged <15 years conducted over a period of 11 years in Japan. This study investigated the incidence and clinical manifestations of invasive GBS disease in children in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, and analysed the serotypes and drug susceptibility of GBS strains isolated during the study period. Overall, 127 episodes of invasive GBS disease were reported in 123 patients. Of these, 124 were observed in 120 patients aged <1 year, and the remaining three episodes were reported in a 9-year-old child and two 14-year-old children with underlying disease. For patients aged <1 year, the incidence rate per 1000 live births was 0.24 (0.15-0.36). The incidences of early-onset dise

SUBMITTER: Takeuchi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9987023 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature