Late-Onset Group B Streptococcal Meningitis Complicated with Extensive Cerebral Infarction
Pediatric Infection & Vaccine
;
: 45-49, 2018.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-741847
ABSTRACT
Group B streptococcus (GBS) is the leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Late-onset GBS disease commonly manifests as occult bacteremia or meningitis. Approximately 50% of survivors of late-onset meningitis have long-term neurologic sequelae. Cerebrovascular complications are often associated with unfavorable clinical outcomes of GBS meningitis. There have been a few reports of cerebral infarction accompanied by GBS meningitis. We report a 29-day-old girl with severe, widespread cerebral infarction due to late-onset GBS meningitis. Isolated GBS strain from this patient was serotype III, ST-19. Currently, she has cortical blindness and significant developmental delay.
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Main subject:
Streptococcus
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Streptococcus agalactiae
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Cerebral Infarction
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Mortality
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Bacteremia
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Survivors
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Blindness, Cortical
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Serogroup
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Meningitis
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Pediatric Infection & Vaccine
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
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