Group B Streptococcal Meningitis Has Long-Term Effects On Children's Developmental Outcomes - Science Daily

Parents of infants who survive bacterial meningitis caused by group B Streptococcus might have to live with the effects of the disease on their children long after they're discharged from the hospital.

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Additional Authors: Kathryn M. Edwards, M.D., Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Fatma Levent, M.D., Texas Tech University Health Science Center; Marcia A. Rench, R.N., Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital; Luis A. Castagnini, M.D, Blank Children's Hospital; Timothy Cooper, Psy.D., Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Robert C. Sparks, L.P.N./E.M.T.P, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Carol J. Baker, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine.

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