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DIETRA DELAPLANE MILLARD, MD; MARY E. BUSSEY, MD
Division of Neonatology

STANFORD T. SHULMAN, MD; RAM YOGEV, MD
Division of Infectious Diseases The Children's Memorial Hospital and Northwestern Memorial Hospitals 2300 Children's Plaza Chicago, IL 60614

Am J Dis Child. 1985;139(10):964-965.

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Sir.—Although group B streptococci (GBS) are uniformly sensitive to penicillin in vitro, penicillin treatment failures in neonatal GBS infection and recurrent neonatal GBS infection may occur.¹ Furthermore, attempts to eradicate GBS from colonized pregnant women or from colonized neonates have had limited success.^2,3 There are no published data that address the appropriate management of the infant who is colonized with GBS and who develops recurrent systemic GBS infections. We report the course of a premature infant, colonized with GBS from birth, who experienced multiple infections with GBS type III during his four-month nursery stay.

Patient Report.—Twin A weighed 920 g at birth. The pregnancy was complicated by premature labor two days before delivery at 28 weeks and maternal fever to 38.8 °C (102 °F) shortly before delivery by caesarean section. At birth, twin A was limp and foul-smelling and required vigorous resuscitation (twin B died at . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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