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Case Report: Group B Streptococcus meningitis in an adolescent  

Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus, GBS) usually colonizes the gastrointestinal and lower genital tracts of asymptomatic hosts, yet the incidence of invasive disease is on the rise . We describe a case of an 18 year old woman, recently diagnosed with lupus, who reported a spontaneous ab...

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Autores principales: Vittorino, Roselle, Hui-Yuen, Joyce, Ratner, Adam J., Starr, Amy, McCann, Teresa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000Research 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4193390/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25339988
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.4651.1
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author Vittorino, Roselle
Hui-Yuen, Joyce
Ratner, Adam J.
Starr, Amy
McCann, Teresa
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description Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus, GBS) usually colonizes the gastrointestinal and lower genital tracts of asymptomatic hosts, yet the incidence of invasive disease is on the rise . We describe a case of an 18 year old woman, recently diagnosed with lupus, who reported a spontaneous abortion six weeks prior to her hospitalization.  She presented with fever, altered mental status, and meningeal signs, paired with a positive blood culture for GBS. Magnetic resonance imaging of her brain demonstrated an extra-axial fluid collection, and she was diagnosed with meningitis.  She received prolonged intravenous antibiotic therapy and aggressive treatment for lupus, leading to clinical recovery. This case illustrates the importance of recognizing GBS as a potential pathogen in all patients presenting with CNS infection .  
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spelling pubmed-41933902014-10-21 Case Report: Group B Streptococcus meningitis in an adolescent   Vittorino, Roselle Hui-Yuen, Joyce Ratner, Adam J. Starr, Amy McCann, Teresa F1000Res Case Report Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus, GBS) usually colonizes the gastrointestinal and lower genital tracts of asymptomatic hosts, yet the incidence of invasive disease is on the rise . We describe a case of an 18 year old woman, recently diagnosed with lupus, who reported a spontaneous abortion six weeks prior to her hospitalization.  She presented with fever, altered mental status, and meningeal signs, paired with a positive blood culture for GBS. Magnetic resonance imaging of her brain demonstrated an extra-axial fluid collection, and she was diagnosed with meningitis.  She received prolonged intravenous antibiotic therapy and aggressive treatment for lupus, leading to clinical recovery. This case illustrates the importance of recognizing GBS as a potential pathogen in all patients presenting with CNS infection .   F1000Research 2014-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4193390/ /pubmed/25339988 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.4651.1 Text en Copyright: © 2014 Vittorino R et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Data associated with the article are available under the terms of the Creative Commons Zero "No rights reserved" data waiver (CC0 1.0 Public domain dedication).
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title_full Case Report: Group B Streptococcus meningitis in an adolescent  
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title_short Case Report: Group B Streptococcus meningitis in an adolescent  
title_sort case report: group b streptococcus meningitis in an adolescent  
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4193390/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25339988
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.4651.1
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