Radiological findings in group B streptococcal Sepsis.
Analysis of the radiographs of 9 infants who died of proved Group B streptococcal sepsis revealed a typical pattern of hyaline membrane disease despite birth weights of over 2,000 g in most cases. Pleural effusions subsequently developed in 6 infants; the rest had pleural fluid at postmortem examination. This is an unusual finding for either hyaline membrane disease or non-group B streptococcal sepsis in the neonate, and may have implications for the early diagnosis and treatment of this usually lethal infection.
D006801:Humans; D006819:Hyaline Membrane Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae