Group G streptococcus sacroilitis with sepsis in a 15-y-old adolescent.
Group G streptococci cause invasive infections of different tissues. Most infected patients have underlying diseases and are of adult age. Invasive group G streptococcal infections rarely occur in childhood and adolescence. A 15-y-old boy with a beta-haemolytic group G streptococcus sacroiliitis, sepsis and secondary pulmonary manifestations resembling an acute respiratory distress syndrome is described.
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Children's Hospital, Winterthur, Switzerland.
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Kuster
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Hunziker
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D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint / Q000382:microbiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*