Group B Streptococcus Osteomyelitis in a Healthy Adolescent

  • Wahba A
  • ElBeblawy R
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Abstract

Group B Streptococcus (GBS), Streptococcus agalactiae, is a bacterium often screened for pregnant women and associated with neonatal infections. However, GBS disease is also rising among non-pregnant adults, especially among immunocompromised patients. The median age of non-pregnant adults with invasive GBS disease is 64 years. It can present as skin and soft tissue infection, osteomyelitis, pneumonia, urosepsis, and meningitis. There is very limited data on GBS disease occurring in the pediatric population past the infancy stage. In this report, we present a case of a 16-year-old male with GBS osteomyelitis.

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Wahba, A., & ElBeblawy, R. (2020). Group B Streptococcus Osteomyelitis in a Healthy Adolescent. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10798

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