Group A streptococcal meningitis as a complication of an infected capillary haemangioma.
We report a case of group A streptococcal meningitis in an infant resulting from an infected capillary haemangioma. The child suffered significant morbidity including cerebral infarction, epilepsy, and developmental delay. Treatment of infected capillary haemangiomas remains controversial and inconsistent.


CONCLUSIONS
Our experience of this infant, resulting in profound neurological morbidity suggests that group A Streptococcus can be a virulent organism in the young child and that capillary haemangiomas must be treated aggressively at the first sign of infection.
Rezvani
Massoud
M
Department of Paediatrics, Royal University Hospital, 103 Hospital Drive, S7N 0W8 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Yager
Jerome Y
JY
Hartfield
Dawn S
DS
D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000382:microbiology; D018324:Hemangioma, Capillary / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D013207:Staphylococcal Skin Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes