Open AccessSystemic streptococcal group B disease in Norway – an increasing health problem
Author(s) -
V Hasseltvedt,
Høiby Ea
Publication year - 2001
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.05.40.02086-en
Subject(s) - streptococcus agalactiae , group b , group a , incidence (geometry) , streptococcus , medicine , public health , disease , streptococcal infections , pediatrics , immunology , pathology , biology , bacteria , genetics , physics , optics
Norway has in the past years experienced an increasing incidence of systemic disease caused by group B streptococci (GBS, Streptococcus agalactiae) as monitored by notifications of positive blood culture and spinal fluid specimens to Norway’s Meldingssystem for smittsomme sykdommer (MSIS) at Statens institutt for folkehelse (National Institute of Public Health, NIPH).