10 However, the disease burden has shown an increasing trend in recent years. 3 Pregnancy doubles the risk for GBS infection, while the puerperium stage has a 20-fold risk for the development of invasive infection. 11 The pathogenesis behind this higher susceptibility is still unknown, but it is presumed that the altered immune status related to pregnancy an
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Streptococcus agalactiae septicemia in a patient with diabetes and hepatic cirrhosis.
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