Familial segregation of group B streptococcal infection in a consanguineous kindred

Familial segregation of group B streptococcal infection in a consanguineous kindred

Two cases of neonatal group B streptococcal (GBS) infection occurring in a large consanguineous kindred are described. The observation suggests that susceptibility to isolated GBS disease in this family may have been the result of an inborn error of immunity inherited as a Mendelian autosomal recess...

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Main Authors: Francesco Licciardi, Davide Montin, Antonia Versace, Giuseppina Migliore, Chryssoula Tzialla, Jacques Fellay, Alessandro Borghesi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-10-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Streptococcus agalactiae
GBS
Neonatal
Genetic
Primary immunodeficiency
Mendelian
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971216311377
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Summary:Two cases of neonatal group B streptococcal (GBS) infection occurring in a large consanguineous kindred are described. The observation suggests that susceptibility to isolated GBS disease in this family may have been the result of an inborn error of immunity inherited as a Mendelian autosomal recessive trait.
ISSN:1201-9712
1878-3511

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