Open AccessEarly-onset and late-onset group B streptococcal disease in Japan: a nationwide surveillance study, 2004–2010
Author(s) -
Kousaku Matsubara,
Kiyoshi Hoshina,
Yoko Suzuki
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.11.027
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , case fatality rate , meningitis , pediatrics , epidemiology , confidence interval , physics , optics
To clarify the incidence and prognosis of early-onset (EOD) and late-onset (LOD) GBS disease in Japan. To evaluate the influence of national guidelines issued in 2008 on the epidemiology of GBS disease.
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