NEONATAL SEPSIS DUE TO GROUP G STREPTOCOCCI |
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| Authors: | PETER C. APPELBAUM ZVI FRIEDMAN PAUL F. FAIRBROTHER JONATHAN HELLMANN ELIZABETH J. HALLGREN |
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| Affiliation: | Departments of Pathology, Milton S. Hershey Medical College of the Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA;Departments of Paediatrics, and Milton S. Hershey Medical College of the Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA;Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Milton S. Hershey Medical College of the Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Abstract: | Abstract. Appelbaum, P. C., Friedman, Z., Fairbrother, P. F., Hellmann, J. and Hallgren, E. J. (Departments of Pathology, Paediatrics, and Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA). Neonatal sepsis due to group G streptococci. Acta Paediatr Scand, 69: 559, 1980.—Two cases of neonatal septicaemia due to group G streptococci ( Streptococcus canis ) are described. In one patient, infection coexisted with transient neonatal hyperthyroidism, while, in the other, concomitant group G streptococcal septicaemia and endometritis in the mother was seen. Group G streptococci are rare causes of infection, especially in the paediatric age group. Bacteria were identified by serological and biochemical methods. Both neonates responded well to penicillin therapy, but the maternal infection required combination therapy with penicillin G, gentamicin, and chloramphenicol. The literature on systemic group G streptococcal infection is briefly reviewed. With increasing use of serotyping in the identification of β-haemolytic streptococci, non-group A organisms will probably be identified more frequently from neonatal and other infections. |
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| Keywords: | Group G streptococci Streptococcus canis neonatal sepsis |
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