| Front | What are the diseases which Streptococcus agalactiae cause? |
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| Back | Neonates • leading infectious cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality • leading cause of early-onset neonatal septicaemia • also pneumonia, meningitis • neurological sequelae: blindness, deafness, retardation • 1970s uncovered as causative agent, with mortality up to 50% • mortality now about 5% Pregnant women • during and after pregnancy • endometritis, wound infections, UTIs |
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