Prolonged fetal bradycardia as the presenting clinical sign in Streptococcus agalactiae chorioamnionitis.
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.
Presta
Giuseppe
G
Division of Neonatology, Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, Italy.
Rosati
Enrico
E
Giannuzzi
Raffaella
R
Del Vecchio
Antonio
A
Lozupone
Antonia
A
Criscuolo
Mario
M
Verrotti
Alberto
A
Latini
Giuseppe
G
De Felice
Claudio
C
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*