Group C Streptococcus Causing Rheumatic Heart Disease in a Child
Human infection with group C Streptococcus is extremely rare and a select number of cases have been reported to cause acute pharyngitis, acute glomerulonephritis, skin and soft tissue infections, septic arthritis, osteomyelitis, pneumonitis, and bacteremia. In pediatrics, this bacteria is known to cause epidemic food-borne pharyngitis, pneumonia, endocarditis, and meningitis, and has reportedly been isolated in the blood, meninges, sinuses, fingernail, peritonsillar abscess, and thyroglossal duct cyst, among others.
Source: The Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Harsha K. Chandnani, Renu Jain, Pisespong Patamasucon Tags: Clinical Communications: Pediatrics Source Type: research
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