Martic Jelena, Mijac Vera, Jankovic Borisav, Sekulovic Lidija Kandolf, Vasiljevic Zorica, Vuksanovic Jelena
Mother and Child Health Care Institute Dr Vukan Cupic, Belgrade, Serbia.
Pediatr Dermatol. 2010 Sep-Oct;27(5):528-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2010.01262.x. Epub 2010 Aug 27.
We report a case of late onset neonatal invasive group A streptococcal disease characterized with rapidly progressing cellulitis and development of sepsis. The infection was acquired from benign and mild skin infection of the child's mother. The causative agent was group A streptococcus, belonging to the emm type 53.2, which usually causes mild skin disease.