title: [Streptococcus pyogenes endocarditis following varicella: a case report].
abstract: Although varicella is most often a benign and self-limited disease of childhood, it can be associated with a variety of serious and potential lethal complications. Especially, the incidence of severe infectious complications caused by group A streptococci has been increasing over the last years. We report the case of a previously healthy young boy with an aortic bicuspidy who developed a varicella complicated by endocarditis due to group A streptococcus, and a haemophagocytic syndrome. A favorable outcome was obtained after an early valvular replacement and 6 weeks of intravenous antibiotics.
authors.affiliation: Unité d'oncohématologie pédiatrique, Hôtel-Dieu, boulevard Léon-Malfreyt, 63058 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Merlin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Souteyrand
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dauphin
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Lusson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Riberolles
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Poirier
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Foulon
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Stéphan
mesh_terms: D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes