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  • Title: Group B beta hemolytic streptococcal sepsis and the idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome: a comparison.
    Author: Menke JA, Giacoia GP, Jockin H.
    Journal: J Pediatr; 1979 Mar; 94(3):467-71. PubMed ID: 370355.
    Abstract:
    The clinical features of 27 patients with early onset group B beta hemolytic streptococcus sepsis were reviewed. Fifteen presented with a clinical pattern indistinguishable from the idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome and were compared with 15 patients with IRDS. Rupture of membranes for greater than 12 hours prior to delivery occurred more often in patients with GBS (33%) than in the patients with IRDS (16%). Hypotension was more commonly seen in the patients with GBS (56%) than in the patients with IRDS (36%). There was no difference in the incidence of apnea or the respirator peak inspiratory pressure requirements between the two groups of patients, but there was a tendency for a decline in the total white blood cell count in the first 24 hours of life in those patients with GBS sepsis.
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