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Streptococcus pyogenes meningitis in children: report of two cases and literature review.

Mariana V Arnoni1, Eitan N Berezin, Marco A P Sáfadi, Flávia J Almeida, Cláudia R C Lopes.   

Abstract

Streptococcus pyogenes meningitis (SPM) occurs sporadically, even with the increase of invasive streptococcal disease observed in the past years. We reported two cases of SPM in infants to alert pediatricians for the possibility of this agent as a cause of meningitis in previously healthy children.

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Year:  2007        PMID： 17684643     DOI： 10.1590/s1413-86702007000300015

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Braz J Infect Dis        ISSN： 1413-8670            Impact factor:   1.949


  3 in total

Review 1.  Epidemiology, diagnosis, and antimicrobial treatment of acute bacterial meningitis.

Authors:  Matthijs C Brouwer; Allan R Tunkel; Diederik van de Beek
Journal:  Clin Microbiol Rev       Date:  2010-07       Impact factor: 26.132

2.  [Meningococcal Group A Streptococcus in the newborn: report of a case].

Authors:  Hind El Youssi; Aziz Touaoussa; Hanouf Deham; Ghita Yahyaoui; Mustapha Mahmoud
Journal:  Pan Afr Med J       Date:  2015-04-16

3.  Burden of group A streptococcal meningitis in Salvador, Brazil: report of 11 years of population-based surveillance.

Authors:  Milena Soares Santos; Guilherme de Sousa Ribeiro; Tainara Queiroz Oliveira; Renan Cardoso Nery Santos; Edilane Gouveia; Kátia Salgado; Daniele Takahashi; Cleuber Fontes; Leila Carvalho Campos; Mitermayer Galvão Reis; Albert Icksang Ko; Joice Neves Reis
Journal:  Int J Infect Dis       Date:  2008-11-18       Impact factor: 3.623
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