Active Bacterial Core Surveillance (ABCs) Report Emerging Infections Program Network : Group B Streptococcus, 1999

ABCs Areas: California (3 county San Francisco Bay area); Connecticut; Georgia (20 county Atlanta area); Maryland; Minnesota; New York (7 county Rochester area and 8 county Albany area); Oregon (3 county Portland area); Tennessee (5 urban counties)ABCs Population: The surveillance areas represent 25,844,605 persons and 353,310 persons <1 yr. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1999ABCs 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 1999. Early-onset cases occur at