[Maternal group B streptococcal bacteriuria and neonatal infective endocarditis: a case report]

K Crouzet; D Martinovici; K Hadeed; Y Dulac; P Acar; P-E Séguéla

doi:10.1016/j.arcped.2011.03.019

[Maternal group B streptococcal bacteriuria and neonatal infective endocarditis: a case report]

Arch Pediatr. 2011 Jun;18(6):669-71. doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2011.03.019. Epub 2011 Apr 27.

[Article in French]

Authors

K Crouzet¹, D Martinovici, K Hadeed, Y Dulac, P Acar, P-E Séguéla

Affiliation

¹ Service de cardiologie pédiatrique, hôpital des Enfants, CHU de Toulouse, 330, avenue de Grande-Bretagne, TSA 70034, 31059 Toulouse cedex 9, France.

PMID: 21524895
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2011.03.019

Abstract

Bacterial endocarditis is rare in children. We report the case of streptococcal B endocarditis in a newborn whose mother had asymptomatic bacteriuria during pregnancy. This report emphasizes the importance of maternal intrapartum antibiotic therapy when there is a major risk of neonatal infection and underlines the diagnostic value of echocardiography in case of prolonged fever.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Bacteriuria / microbiology*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / microbiology*
Streptococcal Infections / transmission*
Streptococcus agalactiae*