Early onset neonatal bacterial meningitis caused by Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. paste urianus.
We report a case of neonatal meningitis due to Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus born to a mother with an asymptomatic urinary tract infection due to Streptococcus group D and Escherichia coli. In the past, this organism may have been reported as Streptococcus bovis or S. bovis biotype II/2. Accurate identification of this organism is necessary to determine the etiology of infection and give correct treatment of neonatal meningitis, caused by this organism.
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand. tanucha@medicine.psu.ac.th
Anucha
A
Thatrimontrichai
Prasin
P
Chanvitan
Waricha
W
Janjindamai
Supaporn
S
Dissaneevate
Gunlawadee
G
Maneenil
D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D016985:Streptococcus bovis / Q000302:isolation & purification*