PubMed · 274485
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T Rennie. 1978. Gingival degerming.. https://doi.org/10.14219/jada.archive.1978.0179
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Endocarditis due to group B streptococcus is very rare in infants, and may be associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Review of the literature reveals only a single reported case of an infant with this type of streptococcal endocarditis involving the mitral valve. This infant had underlying congenital heart disease, and died shortly after catheterization. We now report group B streptococcal endocarditis occurring in an infant with a structurally normal heart who was treated successfully by replacement of the mitral valve.
We report the case of a child with acute neurologic symptoms who was found to have bacterial endocarditis caused by Kingella kingae. The case alerts microbiologists and pediatricians to an organism that has rarely been reported to cause endocarditis in children.