Overwhelming post-splenectomy infection with group B Streptococcus

Overwhelming post-splenectomy infection with group B Streptococcus.

A case of overwhelming post-splenectomy infection is described. This occurred 10 years after splenectomy in an otherwise normal male adult. The infecting organism, ,3-haemolytic Streptococcus Group B, is usually of low pathogenicity, but in this case caused profound hypotension, jaundice and the shock lung syndrome. Overwhelming post-splenectomy infection with this organism has not previously b...

Overwhelming infection in children following splenectomy.

Group B streptococcus infection: risk and prevention.

Group B Streptococcus (group B Strep or GBS) is the UK's commonest cause of severe early-onset (up to six days) infection in babies. GBS is a normal body commensal, colonising the gut and vagina. GBS may pass to babies around childbirth; although most are unaffected, some develop severe infection. GBS is also a recognised cause of stillbirth and puerperal sepsis. Most GBS infection in babies is...

Invasive group B streptococcal infection in a patient with post splenectomy for hypersplenism secondary to liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension.

BACKGROUND Splenectomy in patients with liver cirrhosis (LC) is expected to become more common owing to its efficacy on portal hemodynamics. In this report we describe an alarming case of group B streptococcus (GBS) infection after splenectomy in a patient with LC. METHODS A 72-year-old woman with a history of LC was admitted to our emergency department because of respiratory failure. The pat...

Perianal infection with group A streptococcus 1169 Perianal infection with group A streptococcus

Anal fissure in childhood usually heals quickly after treatment with stool softeners and a local anaesthetic ointment; infection does not usually occur. Two cases are reported in which Lancefield group A , haemolytic streptococci were isolated from cultures from the perianal skin, which was erythematous and excoriated. streptocci were grown from culture of a perianal swab. She was asymptomatic ...