title: Endocarditis with myocardial abscesses and pericarditis in an adult: group B Streptococcus as a cause.
abstract: Group B beta-hemolytic Streptococcus, S agalactiae, is an uncommon cause of endocarditis in adults. We present the clinical, laboratory, and postmortem findings of an adult patient with group B streptococcal endocarditis and major arterial emboli. What to our knowledge are previously unreported features are purulent pericarditis and myocardial abscesses. Twenty-five cases of endocarditis caused by group B Streptococcus that are reported in the literature are reviewed.
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000473:pathology; D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D004617:Embolism / Q000473:pathology; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004699:Endocardium / Q000473:pathology; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000472:pathogenicity