An 11-Year-Old Patient with Cervical Lymphadenitis Caused by Group B Streptococci

Avcu G., Sensoy G., Aykanat M. A., Belet N., Karli A., DİNÇER O. S.

JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC INFECTION, vol.8, no.4, pp.193-195, 2014 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 8 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.5152/ced.2013.1566
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC INFECTION
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.193-195
  • Keywords: Child, group B streptococcus, cervical lymphadenitis
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Colonizing the gastrointestinal and genitourinary system, group B streptococcus (GBS) causes focal and systemic infections in infants in the first 3 months of life and in pregnant women and elderly people. GBS, less frequently, emerges as an infectious agent among children and adults with facilitating factors, like immunosuppression, malignancy, immune deficiency, and chronic liver and kidney failure. In this article, an 11-year-old child with cervical lymphadenitis due to GBS who had no concomitant disease or immunosuppression is presented.