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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2004, p. 4889-4890, Vol. 42, No. 10
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4889-4890.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Culture-Negative Neonatal Meningitis and Endocarditis Caused by Streptococcus agalactiae

Valérie Lefranc Nègre,1 Anne-Marie Colin-Gorski,2 Suzel Magnier,3 Lydia Maisonneuve,4 Yannick Aujard,3 Edouard Bingen,1* and Stéphane Bonacorsi1

Laboratoire d'Études de Génétique Bactérienne Dans les Infections de L'Enfant, Université Denis Diderot-Paris 7, Service de Microbiologie,1 Service de Néonatologie, Hôpital Robert-Debré, Paris,3 Service de Pédiatrie,2 Laboratoire de Biologie, Hôpital Robert-Ballanger, Aulnay sous bois, France4

Received 6 May 2004/ Returned for modification 17 June 2004/ Accepted 23 June 2004

We describe a case of culture-negative meningitis and endocarditis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae in a 27-day-old boy. S. agalactiae was detected in cerebrospinal fluid and serum by broad-spectrum PCR amplification.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Service de Microbiologie, Hôpital Robert Debré, 48 blvd. Sérurier, 75395 Paris cedex 19, France. Phone: 33 1 40 03 23 40. Fax: 33 1 40 03 24 50. E-mail: edouard.bingen{at}rdb.ap-hop-paris.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2004, p. 4889-4890, Vol. 42, No. 10
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4889-4890.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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