title: Prolonged fetal bradycardia as the presenting clinical sign in Streptococcus agalactiae chorioamnionitis.
abstract: Group B Streptococcus remains a leading infectious cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. We report a case of a 37 weeks' gestation infant with severe birth asphyxia, status epilepticus and GBS chorioamnionitis, in which a prolonged fetal bradycardia was the only prenatal clinical sign.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Presta
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rosati
authors.forename: Raffaella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Giannuzzi
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Del Vecchio
authors.forename: Antonia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lozupone
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Criscuolo
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verrotti
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Latini
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Felice
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000151:congenital / Q000209:etiology*; D015148:Cardiotocography; D002585:Cesarean Section; D002821:Chorioamnionitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005311:Fetal Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification*