Group B streptococcal endocarditis following elective surgical abortion

Postpartum group B streptococcal tricuspid valve endocarditis.

Group B streptococcal endocarditis of tricuspid valve.

We report three cases of group B streptococcal endocarditis of the tricuspid valve. Two patients were intravenous drug abusers. In the literature review, and including our cases, ten patients had group B streptococcal endocarditis of the tricuspid valve. Half of the patients were intravenous drug abusers. Four of the other patients had underlying conditions. All patients were treated with a pen...

Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis With Group B Streptococcus After an Elective Abortion: The Need for New Data

Streptococcus agalactiae, commonly known as Group B streptococcus (GBS), was originally discovered as a cause of bovine mastitis. GBS colonizes the genital tract of up to 40% of women and has become a major pathogen in neonatal meningitis. GBS endocarditis is thought to be an uncommon manifestation of this infection and carries a higher mortality compared to other streptococcal pathogens. Studi...

Group B Streptococcal Endocarditis in Obstetric and Gynecologic Practice

BACKGROUND We describe a case and review ten other instances of group B streptococcal endocarditis in the setting of obstetric and gynecologic practice reported since the last review in 1985. CASE Abortion remains a common antecedent event, but in contrast to earlier reports, most patients did not have underlying valvular disease, the tricuspid valve was most often involved, and mortality was...

Lancefield group C streptococcal endocarditis.