Urinary tract infection due to Group B Streptococcus: A case series from Eastern India

Srujana Mohanty; Geetarani Purohit; Sutapa Rath; Rajeev Kumar Seth; Rashmi Ranjan Mohanty

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4885

Clinical Case Reports (Oct 2021)

Urinary tract infection due to Group B Streptococcus: A case series from Eastern India

Srujana Mohanty,
Geetarani Purohit,
Sutapa Rath,
Rajeev Kumar Seth,
Rashmi Ranjan Mohanty

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Srujana Mohanty: Department of Microbiology All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar India
Geetarani Purohit: Department of Microbiology All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar India
Sutapa Rath: Department of Microbiology All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar India
Rajeev Kumar Seth: Department of Microbiology All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar India
Rashmi Ranjan Mohanty: Department of Medicine All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4885
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 10
pp. n/a – n/a

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Abstract Group B Streptococcus (GBS) or Streptococcus agalactiae is an uncommon causative agent of urinary tract infection (UTI). We present a series of seven cases of UTI due to GBS from a tertiary care hospital of Eastern India, highlighting its emerging role in a hitherto less commonly described clinical entity.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20500904

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