Active Bacterial Core Surveillance (ABCs) Report Emerging Infections Program Network : Group B Streptococcus, 2008

ABCs Areas: California (3 county San Francisco Bay area); Colorado (children < 1 year in 5 county Denver area); Connecticut (children < 1 year); Georgia (20 county Metro area); Maryland; Minnesota; New Mexico; New York (15 county Rochester and Albany areas); Oregon (3 county Portland area); Tennessee (11 urban counties)ABCs Population: The surveillance areas represent 28,338,691 persons and 473,736 live births. Source: National Center for Health Statistics bridged-race vintage 2008 postcensal file and 2007 state vital recordsABCs Case Definition: Invasive group B streptococcal disease: isolation of Group B Streptococcus from a normally sterile site in a resident of a surveillance area in 2008. Early-onset cases occur at < 7 days of age and late-onset occur between 7 and 89 days of age.Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2009. Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Report, Emerging Infections Program Network, Group B Streptococcus, 2008.Oct 2009 File \u2013 Dec 1, 2009Publication date from document properties.gbs08.pdf201