Belgian Journal of Paediatrics
Multifocal Invasive Group A Streptococcus Infection in a Previously Healthy 17-Month-Old Child: A Rare Case Report
Vol. 26 No. 1 (2024), Case reports
Vol. 26 No. 1 (2024)

Multifocal Invasive Group A Streptococcus Infection in a Previously Healthy 17-Month-Old Child: A Rare Case Report

Case reports
Published 2024-04-29
Ysaline Marchione
CHU Saint-Pierre, Department of Pediatrics, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8146-125X
Marc Hainaut
CHU Saint-Pierre, Department of Pediatrics, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
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Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus
urinary tract infection
multifocal infection
case report

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Marchione, Y., & Hainaut, M. (2024). Multifocal Invasive Group A Streptococcus Infection in a Previously Healthy 17-Month-Old Child: A Rare Case Report. Belgian Journal of Paediatrics, 26(1), 57–58. Retrieved from https://www.belgjpaediatrics.com/index.php/bjp/article/view/246
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Abstract

Group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus is a highly pathogenic organism with multiple virulence factors enabling it to invade a wide range of sterile sites. Multifocal dissemination of infection is not uncommon. However, urinary tract infection is very rarely reported.

We describe an atypical case of a 17-month-old boy in whom a streptococcal urinary tract infection delayed the diagnosis of a multifocal infection with more classic joint involvement

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