TY - JOUR
T1 - Familial segregation of group B streptococcal infection in a consanguineous kindred
AU - Licciardi, Francesco
AU - Montin, Davide
AU - Versace, Antonia
AU - Migliore, Giuseppina
AU - Tzialla, Chryssoula
AU - Fellay, Jacques
AU - Borghesi, Alessandro
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - GBS
KW - Genetic
KW - Mendelian
KW - Neonatal
KW - Primary immunodeficiency
KW - Streptococcus agalactiae
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.08.010
DO - 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.08.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84986915915
VL - 51
SP - 22
EP - 24
JO - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
SN - 1201-9712
ER -