ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2023
Stillbirths and Neonatal Deaths Caused by Group B
Article in Open forum infectious diseases, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Validation of malaria-attributed deaths using verbal autopsy studies: a systematic review.Malaria journal · 2024Pooled it
- A Phase 2b Trial Evaluating the Safety, Tolerability, and Immunogenicity of a 6-Valent Group B Streptococcus Vaccine Administered Concomitantly With Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine in Healthy Nonpregnant Female Individuals.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2025Trial
- Causes of Death Among Stillbirths and Children Aged <5 Years in Africa and South Asia - Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance, Seven Countries, 2016-2024.Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Surveillance summaries (Washington, D.C. : 2002) · 2026Article
- Current knowledge and future perspectives on management and prevention of group B streptococcus in neonates and young infants.Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition · 2026Review
- Investigating the Role of Cytomegalovirus as a Cause of Stillbirths and Child Deaths in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Through Postmortem Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2026Article
- Diagnostic accuracy of a simplified minimally invasive tissue sampling protocol for stillbirths in low-resource settings.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- Molecular Epidemiology of Invasive Group B Streptococcus in South Africa, 2019-2020.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Use of minimally invasive tissue sampling to determine the contribution of diarrheal diseases to under-five mortality and associated co-morbidities and co-infections in children with fatal diarrheal diseases in Africa and Bangladesh.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- PhenoMATRIX™ for the screening of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) carriage in pregnant women: ready to get rid of the LIM broth?European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025Article
- Clinical characteristics, antimicrobial resistance, and mortality of neonatal bloodstream infections in Northern Tanzania, 2022-2023.PloS one · 2025Observational
- Contribution of malnutrition to infant and child deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.BMJ global health · 2024Article
- Etiologies and comorbidities of meningitis deaths in children under 5 years in high-mortality settings: Insights from the CHAMPS Network in the post-pneumococcal vaccine era.The Journal of infection · 2024Observational
- Infectious Causes of Stillbirths: A Descriptive Etiological Study in Uganda.Open forum infectious diseases · 2024Article
- A call to bridge the diagnostic gap: diagnostic solutions for neonatal sepsis in low- and middle-income countries.BMJ global health · 2024Article
- Post-mortem investigation of deaths due to pneumonia in children aged 1-59 months in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia from 2016 to 2022: an observational study.The Lancet. Child & adolescent health · 2024Observational
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Abstract
Background: Invasive Group B Methods: Deaths that occurred between December 2016 and December 2021 were investigated with MITS, including culture for bacteria of blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), multipathogen polymerase chain reaction on blood, CSF, and lung tissue and histopathology of lung, liver, and brain. Data collection included clinical record review and verbal autopsy. Expert panels reviewed all information and assigned causes of death. Results: We evaluated 2966 deaths, including stillborn infants ( Conclusions: Our study reveals significant heterogeneity in the contribution of invasive GBS disease to infant mortality across different countries, emphasizing the need for tailored prevention strategies. Moreover, our findings highlight the substantial impact of GBS on stillbirths, shedding light on a previously underestimated aspect in LMICs.
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