Bacterial meningitis in children

Conjugate vaccines targeting group B streptococcal infection

Group B streptococcus is the leading cause of meningitis and sepsis in neonates. Vaccines given to pregnant women may prevent group B streptococcus in newborns by transplacental antibody transfer.[57]Carreras-Abad C, Cochet M, Hall T, et al. Developing a serocorrelate of protection against invasive group B streptococcus disease in pregnant women: a feasibility study. Health Technol Assess. 2019 Dec;23(67):1-40. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6936166 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31855555?tool=bestpractice.com Research is ongoing.