title: [Maternal group B streptococcal bacteriuria and neonatal infective endocarditis: a case report].
abstract: Bacterial endocarditis is rare in children. We report the case of streptococcal B endocarditis in a newborn whose mother had asymptomatic bacteriuria during pregnancy. This report emphasizes the importance of maternal intrapartum antibiotic therapy when there is a major risk of neonatal infection and underlines the diagnostic value of echocardiography in case of prolonged fever.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie pédiatrique, hôpital des Enfants, CHU de Toulouse, 330, avenue de Grande-Bretagne, TSA 70034, 31059 Toulouse cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Crouzet
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martinovici
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hadeed
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dulac
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Acar
authors.forename: P-E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Séguéla
mesh_terms: D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000382:microbiology*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae