Umadevi Sivaraman, Kali Arunava, Sreenivasan Srirangaraj, Pramodhini S, Charles M V Pravin
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute , Pondicherry, India .
J Clin Diagn Res. 2013 Jun;7(6):1143-4. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/4852.3034. Epub 2013 Jun 1.
Streptococcal sepsis in neonates is a potentially lethal condition. A wide spectrum of clinical presentations has been often reported in Group B Streptococcal infections in neonates. Bone and joint infections which are caused by Group B Streptococcus are also encountered frequently, but they have not yet been reported in case of Group A Streptococcal infection in neonates. Here, we are reporting a case of septic arthritis and late onset neonatal sepsis which were caused by Group A Streptococcus in a full term, healthy baby.
新生儿链球菌败血症是一种潜在的致命疾病。新生儿B族链球菌感染常报告有广泛的临床表现。B族链球菌引起的骨和关节感染也很常见,但新生儿A族链球菌感染尚未见报道。在此,我们报告一例足月健康婴儿由A族链球菌引起的化脓性关节炎和迟发性新生儿败血症病例。