Open AccessFamilial segregation of group B streptococcal infection in a consanguineous kindred
Author(s) -
Francesco Licciardi,
Davide Montin,
Antonia Versace,
Giuseppina Migliore,
Chryssoula Tzialla,
Jacques Fellay,
A. Borghesi
Publication year - 2016
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.2016.08.010
Subject(s) - genetics , group a , medicine , biology
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.
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