Recurrent Group B Streptococcus Bacteremia Associated with Menstruation

Kanno, Mettassebia; Pore, Girish

doi:10.1097/00019048-200102000-00007

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“…Kanno and colleagues reported a 28-year-old diabetic woman presenting with recurrent S. agalactiae sepsis coinciding with menstruation, subsequently grown on vaginal swab. 33 Bacteremia has also been reported in a patient after colonoscopy. 34 Streptococcus agalactiae endocarditis and bacteremia have been also described in a patient with tubulous adenoma of the colon.…”

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“…Other authors have proposed facilitated translocation of commensal GBS as a source of bacteremia without a focus despite investigation. Kanno and colleagues reported a 28-year-old diabetic woman presenting with recurrent S. agalactiae sepsis coinciding with menstruation, subsequently grown on vaginal swab 33 . Bacteremia has also been reported in a patient after colonoscopy 34 .…”

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Recurrent Group B Streptococcus Septicemia Secondary to Portal Hypertensive Colopathy

Vile

Kang

Whibley

et al. 2022

Infect Dis Clin Pract

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BackgroundGroup B streptococcal infections (GBSs) in nonpregnant adults have become an increasingly recognized entity. Bacteremia without focus has consistently been demonstrated as the second leading cause of infection. Recurrent bacteremia, however, remains a significantly rarer phenomenon, and underlying mechanisms and risk factors are poorly elucidated in the literature.Case ReportWe report the first case of 3 independent episodes Streptococcus agalactiae bacteremia without focus, in 56-year-old woman with Child-Pugh B cirrhosis and the uncommon finding of portal hypertensive colopathy.ResultsWe propose bowel hemorrhage secondary to portal hypertensive colopathy, facilitated recurrent bacterial translocation and blood stream infection in this immunocompromised host, presenting as recurrent bacteremia without focus. We discuss the disease epidemiology of GBS infections, antibiotic sensitivity, and risk factors for infection relating to this theory in a literature review.ConclusionsPortal hypertensive colopathy in liver cirrhosis may contribute to underlying risk for recurrent GBS bacteremia without focus that necessitates prolonged penicillin class antibiotic therapy.

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confidence: 99%