Group B Beta-Hemolytic Streptococcal Meningitis in Mother and Infant

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LANCEFIELD Group B beta-hemolytic streptococcus is the most common gram-positive bacterium for neonatal meningitis and sepsis.1 It is rarely associated with severe adult infections.2 3 4 In the mother and newborn infant described below, meningitis due to the organism developed in the postnatal period.Case ReportA 30-year-old gravida 1 gave birth to a 3475-g male infant at term on October 10, 1972. The labor and delivery period were uneventful. Physical examinations at birth and at eight hours of age gave normal results. At 18 hours of age the infant began vomiting, and by 24 hours was noted to be irritable. Seizure . . .