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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spelling doaj-c4b56210ad3e488bb6c7257664beb2632020-11-24T22:38:48ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases1201-97121878-35112016-10-0151C222410.1016/j.ijid.2016.08.010Familial segregation of group B streptococcal infection in a consanguineous kindredFrancesco Licciardi0Davide Montin1Antonia Versace2Giuseppina Migliore3Chryssoula Tzialla4Jacques Fellay5Alessandro Borghesi6Immuno-rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics II, Regina Margherita Hospital, Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, ItalyImmuno-rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics II, Regina Margherita Hospital, Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, ItalyDepartment of Emergency Paediatrics, Regina Margherita Hospital, Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, ItalyDepartment of Emergency Paediatrics, Regina Margherita Hospital, Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, ItalyNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, San Matteo Hospital, Pavia, ItalySIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, SwitzerlandNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, San Matteo Hospital, Pavia, ItalyTwo 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.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971216311377Streptococcus agalactiaeGBSNeonatalGeneticPrimary immunodeficiencyMendelian
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author Francesco Licciardi
Davide Montin
Antonia Versace
Giuseppina Migliore
Chryssoula Tzialla
Jacques Fellay
Alessandro Borghesi
spellingShingle Francesco Licciardi
Davide Montin
Antonia Versace
Giuseppina Migliore
Chryssoula Tzialla
Jacques Fellay
Alessandro Borghesi
Familial segregation of group B streptococcal infection in a consanguineous kindred
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Streptococcus agalactiae
GBS
Neonatal
Genetic
Primary immunodeficiency
Mendelian
author_facet Francesco Licciardi
Davide Montin
Antonia Versace
Giuseppina Migliore
Chryssoula Tzialla
Jacques Fellay
Alessandro Borghesi
author_sort Francesco Licciardi
title Familial segregation of group B streptococcal infection in a consanguineous kindred
title_short Familial segregation of group B streptococcal infection in a consanguineous kindred
title_full Familial segregation of group B streptococcal infection in a consanguineous kindred
title_fullStr Familial segregation of group B streptococcal infection in a consanguineous kindred
title_full_unstemmed Familial segregation of group B streptococcal infection in a consanguineous kindred
title_sort familial segregation of group b streptococcal infection in a consanguineous kindred
publisher Elsevier
series International Journal of Infectious Diseases
issn 1201-9712
1878-3511
publishDate 2016-10-01
description 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.
topic Streptococcus agalactiae
GBS
Neonatal
Genetic
Primary immunodeficiency
Mendelian
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971216311377
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