Pregnancy-associated group B streptococcal endocarditis: a report of two fatal cases.
Group B streptococci commonly colonize parturient women, yet pregnancy-associated endocarditis due to this organism is rare. Most reports of group B streptococcal endocarditis are from the preantibiotic era and occurred in women with rheumatic mitral valve disease. Reported herein are two cases of fatal group B streptococcal endocarditis involving the aortic valve of women with no preexisting heart disease. One had undergone a second-trimester abortion and the other had a normal pregnancy and uncomplicated vaginal delivery.
D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000328:Adult; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000209:etiology*; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011379:Prognosis; D013290:Streptococcal Infections; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae