Group B streptococcal endocarditis.
A retrospective study of group B streptococcal endocarditis during 1965-74 in Aberdeen General Hospitals revealed that group B streptococci how principally affect patients in the older age groups with or without a history of antecedent heart disease. Despite recent reports of increased group G infections in obstetric and perinatal practice there were no cases of post-puerperal endocarditis. Although aortic valve involvement would appear to be increasing, group B streptococci still show a marked predilection for the mitral valve.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006337:Heart Murmurs; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification*