Culture-Negative Neonatal Meningitis and Endocarditis Caused by Streptococcus agalactiae

AUTOR(ES)

Nègre, Valérie Lefranc

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

We describe a case of culture-negative meningitis and endocarditis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae in a 27-day-old boy. S. agalactiae was detected in cerebrospinal fluid and serum by broad-spectrum PCR amplification.

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