Group B streptococcal meningitis in a 5-year-old boy

Group B Streptococcus (Streptococcus agalactiae) is a well-known cause of early and late onset infections in neonates and very young infants. Recently attention has focused on the changing spectrum of invasive Group B Streptococcus (GBS) disease, including children beyond early infancy and non-pregn...

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Published in:Indian journal of pediatrics 2003-06, Vol.70 (6), p.509-511
Main Authors: MANAGOLI, Sanjeev, CHATURVEDI, Pushpa, VILHEKAR, Krishna Y
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the nervous system. Bacterial myositis
Biological and medical sciences
Ceftriaxone - therapeutic use
Child, Preschool
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Meningitis, Bacterial - diagnosis
Meningitis, Bacterial - drug therapy
Meningitis, Bacterial - microbiology
Streptococcal Infections - diagnosis
Streptococcal Infections - drug therapy
Streptococcal Infections - microbiology
Streptococcus agalactiae - isolation & purification
Treatment Outcome
Tropical medicine
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Summary:Group B Streptococcus (Streptococcus agalactiae) is a well-known cause of early and late onset infections in neonates and very young infants. Recently attention has focused on the changing spectrum of invasive Group B Streptococcus (GBS) disease, including children beyond early infancy and non-pregnant adults. There is very little information available on invasive GBS infection especially meningitis in pediatric population older than three months of age. We report a case of uncomplicated meningitis due to GBS in a previously healthy 5-year-old boy. The literature on infection especially meningitis caused by Group B Streptococcus beyond infancy is reviewed.
ISSN:0019-5456
0973-7693
DOI:10.1007/BF02723144