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Thérèse St-Laurent-Gagnon, MD; Michel L. Weber, MD, FRCP(C)

JAMA. 1978;240(12):1269.

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DURING recent years, an increased incidence of group B streptococcal infection has been reported in newborn infants. Two distinct types have been described.^1,2 The early-onset disease occurs within 24 hours after birth, is characterized by respiratory distress and septicemia, and is often fatal. The late-onset disease usually occurs between 1 and 12 weeks of age, presents as meningitis, and has a better prognosis. Asymptomatic bacteremia, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, cellulitis, ethmoiditis, conjunctivitis, and pneumonia with empyema have also been reported.³ Urine cultures have occasionally been reported as positive as an associated finding.⁴ We report a case of lateonset urinary tract infection due to group B streptococcus, unassociated with septicemia or meningitis, and with unusually severe metabolic disorders and urinary tract structural anomalies.

Report of a Case

A 6-week-old boy was admitted to Ste-Justine Hospital because of anorexia and vomiting of two days' duration. His birth weight was 3,465 . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Pediatrics, Hôpital Ste-Justine and the University of Montreal, Montreal.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Department of Pediatrics, Hôpital Ste-Justine, 3175 Ste-Catherine Rd, Montreal, PQ, Canada H3T 1C5 (Dr St-Laurent-Gagnon).

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