Neonatal cellulitis and sepsis caused by group A streptococcus.
We report a case of late onset neonatal invasive group A streptococcal disease characterized with rapidly progressing cellulitis and development of sepsis. The infection was acquired from benign and mild skin infection of the child's mother. The causative agent was group A streptococcus, belonging to the emm type 53.2, which usually causes mild skin disease.
Martic
Jelena
J
Mother and Child Health Care Institute Dr Vukan Cupic, Belgrade, Serbia. jelena@net2yu.net
Mijac
Vera
V
Jankovic
Borisav
B
Sekulovic
Lidija Kandolf
LK
Vasiljevic
Zorica
Z
Vuksanovic
Jelena
J
D002481:Cellulitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003872:Dermatitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes