J Pediatr Infect Dis 2019; 14(04): 201-203
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1608701
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Bacteremia, without Endocarditis, due to Streptococcus gallolyticus Subspecies gallolyticus in an Infant with Tetralogy of Fallot

Viviana Rizzo
1   First Division of Infection Diseases, Cotugno Hospital, AORN dei Colli, Naples, Italy
2   Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Mental Health and Public Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli,” Naples, Italy
,
Giovanni Di Caprio
1   First Division of Infection Diseases, Cotugno Hospital, AORN dei Colli, Naples, Italy
2   Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Mental Health and Public Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli,” Naples, Italy
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Novella Carannante
1   First Division of Infection Diseases, Cotugno Hospital, AORN dei Colli, Naples, Italy
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Carolina Rescigno
1   First Division of Infection Diseases, Cotugno Hospital, AORN dei Colli, Naples, Italy
,
Marco Rossi
1   First Division of Infection Diseases, Cotugno Hospital, AORN dei Colli, Naples, Italy
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Mariano Bernardo
3   Microbiology and Virology Unit, Cotugno Hospital, AORN dei Colli, Naples, Italy
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Susanna Cuccurullo
3   Microbiology and Virology Unit, Cotugno Hospital, AORN dei Colli, Naples, Italy
,
Carlo Tascini
1   First Division of Infection Diseases, Cotugno Hospital, AORN dei Colli, Naples, Italy
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24. November 2017 (online)

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Abstract

Streptococcus gallolyticus subspecies gallolyticus (SGSG) is a rare cause of bacteremia in infants. We are reporting a case of bacteremia without endocarditis in a patient affected by tetralogy of Fallot. In the suspect of cerebral involvement, a brain image study might be useful to rule out brain abscesses or embolism. When antibiotic treatment is promptly started, prognosis is good, even with only 2 weeks of effective antibiotic therapy.