title: [Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal sepsis in childhood].
abstract: One of two children admitted with septicemia due to group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus died following a very fulminant course. This organism may cause overwhelming disease in newborn infants, as well as in children with diseases which compromise the immune system. Group A streptococcus, though very sensitive to penicillin, can cause severe and rapidly progressive illness even in previously normal children, unless recognized and treated promptly.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes