title: Neonatal cellulitis and sepsis caused by group A streptococcus.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Mother and Child Health Care Institute Dr Vukan Cupic, Belgrade, Serbia. jelena@net2yu.net
authors.forename: Jelena
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martic
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mijac
authors.forename: Borisav
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jankovic
authors.forename: Lidija Kandolf
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Sekulovic
authors.forename: Zorica
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Vasiljevic
authors.forename: Jelena
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vuksanovic
mesh_terms: 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