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Table 3 Patients with more than one invasive isolates of group B streptococci

From: Serotypes of group B streptococci in western Sweden and comparison with serotypes in two previous studies starting from 1988

Patient no.

Age (months)

Serotype

Manifestation

Time between infections (months)

Underlying condition

1

81

Ib

Septic arthritis

9

Prosthetic hip, malignancy

81

Ib

Septic arthritis

2

79

V

Septic arthritis

3

Prosthetic hip

79

V

Septic arthritis

3

77

III

Urosepsis

2

Chronic urinary catheter malignancy, dementia

77

Ib

Urosepsis

4

73

V

Sepsis, unknown focus

4

Heart valve operation

73

V

Mediastinitis

5

67

Ia

Spondylitis

2

Spinal stenosis

68

Ia

Spondylitis

6

62

II

Erysipelas

10

Progressive multiple sclerosis, urostomy

63

II

Erysipelas

7

60

V

Septic arthritis

8

Ischaemic Heart Disease

60

V

Endocarditis

8

61

V

Erysipelas

8

Malignancy. Died after the skeptical infection

62

IV

Sepsis, unknown focus

9

46

V

Urosepsis

23

Chronic urinary catheter

48

II

Urosepsis

10

33

V

Septic arthritis

22

Chronic renal failure, urostomy

34

II

Septic arthritis

11

82

V

Erysipelas

10

Malignancy

83

V

Erysipelas

25

85

III

Erysipelas