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Endocarditis With Myocardial Abscesses and Pericarditis in an AdultGroup B Streptococcus as a Cause
W. David Hager, MD;
Eugene L. Speck, MD;
Puthenpurakal K. Mathew, MD;
J. Neil Boger, MD;
Wayne A. Wallace, MD
Arch Intern Med. 1977;137(12):1725-1728.
Abstract
Group B β-hemolytic Streptococcus, S agalactiae, is an uncommon cause of endocarditis in adults. We present the clinical, laboratory, and postmortem findings of an adult patient with group B streptococcal endocarditis and major arterial emboli. What to our knowledge are previously unreported features are purulent pericarditis and myocardial abscesses.
Twenty-five cases of endocarditis caused by group B Streptococcus that are reported in the literature are reviewed.
(Arch Intern Med 137:1725-1728, 1977)
Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Medicine, St Mary's Hospital (Drs Hager, Mathew, Boger, and Wallace) and Strong Memorial Hospital (Dr Speck), University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY. Dr Hager is now with the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Tucson, Ariz.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Dec 20, 1976.
Reprints not available.
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