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CASE SERIES

Neonatal Late-Onset Meningitis Caused by Serotype III CC17 Group B Streptococci Aggregating in Two Families from Southern China

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Pages 3417-3424 | Received 27 Dec 2022, Accepted 29 Mar 2023, Published online: 31 May 2023

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