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Volume 21, Number 4—April 2015
Research

Increased Risk for Group B Streptococcus Sepsis in Young Infants Exposed to HIV, Soweto, South Africa, 2004–20081

Clare L. CutlandComments to Author , Stephanie J. Schrag, Michael C. Thigpen, Sithembiso C. Velaphi, Jeannette Wadula, Peter V. Adrian, Locadiah Kuwanda, Michelle J. Groome, Eckhart Buchmann, and Shabir A. Madhi
Author affiliations: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (C.L. Cutland, S.C. Velaphi, J. Wadula, P.V. Adrian, L. Kuwanda, M.J. Groome, E. Buchmann, S.A. Madhi); Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Johannesburg (C.L. Cutland, P.V. Adrian, L. Kuwanda, M.J. Groome, S.A. Madhi); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (S.J. Schrag, M.C. Thigpen); Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg (S.C. Velaphi, J. Wadula, E. Buchmann); National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Sandringham, South Africa (S.A. Madhi)

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Figure 1

Age distribution of young infants (0–90 days of age) with invasive group B Streptococcus (GBS) sepsis, Soweto, South Africa, 2004–2008. A) Distribution for 214 infants with early-onset disease. B) Distribution for 175 infants with late-onset disease.

Figure 1. Age distribution of young infants (0–90 days of age) with invasive group B Streptococcus (GBS) sepsis, Soweto, South Africa, 2004–2008. A) Distribution for 214 infants with early-onset disease. B) Distribution for 175 infants with late-onset disease.

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1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the 8th World Congress of the World Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, November 19–22, 2013, Cape Town, South Africa.

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