A Case of Neonatal Meningitis Caused by Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies dysgalactiae and Herpes Simplex Virus

Geeyae Im; Yoonseon Park; Minsung Kim; Ki Hwan Kim; Sang Yong Kim; Seung Yun Chung

doi:10.14776/piv.2019.26.e17

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Im, Park, Kim, Kim, Kim, and Chung: A Case of Neonatal Meningitis Caused by Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies dysgalactiae and Herpes Simplex Virus

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Pediatric Infection & Vaccine 2019; 26(3): 194-198.

Published online: 30 September 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14776/piv.2019.26.e17

A Case of Neonatal Meningitis Caused by Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies dysgalactiae and Herpes Simplex Virus

Geeyae Im

, Yoonseon Park

, Minsung Kim

, Ki Hwan Kim

, Sang Yong Kim

, Seung Yun Chung

Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, Incheon, the Republic of Korea.

Correspondence to Minsung Kim. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, 56 Dongsu-ro, Bupyeong-gu, Incheon 21431, the Republic of Korea. msturtle73@naver.com

Received 10 October 2018 Revised 20 May 2019 Accepted 21 May 2019

The Korean Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

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Abstract

Streptococcus dysgalactiae has two main subspecies: S. dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis (SDSE) and S. dysgalactiae subsp. dysgalactiae (SDSD). SDSE often colonizes and causes infections in humans; however, SDSD is an animal pathogen which often causes pyogenic infection in domestic animals. We present a case of meningitis with SDSD and herpes simplex virus in a 22-day-old newborn baby who had no exposure to animals.

Keywords: Streptococcal infection, Newborn, Meningitis, Bacteria

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Fig. 1

Brain diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging scan of 23-day-old baby at hospital day 2. Focal seizures occurred on the second hospital day. The scan revealed multifocal diffusion restricted lesions at left frontotemporoparietal lobes (A, B, arrow).

Fig. 2

Brain magnetic resonance diffusion scan at 3 months of age, 2 months after treatment. It showed old infarcts with more cystic changes at left frontotemporoparietal lobes (arrow).

Notes

^{Conflict of Interest} No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

^{Author Contributions}

Conceptualization: Im G, Park Y, Kim M, Kim KH, Kim SY, Chung SY.
Data curation: Im G, Park Y, Kim M.
Supervision: Kim M.
Writing - original draft: Im G, Kim M.
Writing - review & editing: Im G, Park Y, Kim M.

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Geeyae Im
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8615-4470

Yoonseon Park
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5579-2525

Minsung Kim
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8576-0329

Ki Hwan Kim
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6145-3909

Sang Yong Kim
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8360-0586

Seung Yun Chung
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1643-5864

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