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Re: Late-Onset Group B Streptococcal Infection in Identical Twins: Insight to Disease Pathogenesis

Journal of Perinatology volume 22, page 685 (2002)Cite this article

To the Editor:

I would like to thank Dr. Duran and colleagues for the concise and elegant discussion of the pathogenesis of group B streptococcal (GBS) meningitis in neonates included in their recent case presentation of twins who were concordant for GBS sepsis but discordant for meningitis.1 The common misconception that twins are at greater risk for GBS infection, which unfortunately is reiterated in that discussion, is not supported by empirical data, however, and should not go unchallenged.

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Benitz, W. Re: Late-Onset Group B Streptococcal Infection in Identical Twins: Insight to Disease Pathogenesis. J Perinatol 22, 685 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7210826

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