Meningitis from invasive Streptococcus agalactiae in a healthy young adult
Asseel Al-Bayati,
Steven Douedi,
Ghadier Alsaoudi,
Maurice Mosseri,
Safa Albustani,
Vandan Upadhyaya,
Nancy Gornish,
Mohamed Elsawaf
Affiliations
Asseel Al-Bayati
Department of Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ 07753, USA
Steven Douedi
Department of Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ 07753, USA; Corresponding author at: Department of Internal Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ 07753, USA.
Ghadier Alsaoudi
Department of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ 07753, USA
Maurice Mosseri
Department of Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ 07753, USA; Department of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ 07753, USA
Safa Albustani
Department of Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ 07753, USA
Vandan Upadhyaya
Department of Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ 07753, USA
Nancy Gornish
Department of Infectious Disease, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ 07753, USA
Mohamed Elsawaf
Department of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ 07753, USA
Streptococcus agalactiae is well known to be a potential etiology of bacterial meningitis in neonates. Invasive S. agalactiae has been also reported in nonpregnant adults. Among adults, the incidence of invasive group B Streptococcus (GBS) has been increasing 2–4 times in the past 2 decades. Chronic medical disease was suspected to increase the susceptibility for invasive GBS, especially diabetes mellitus. There was only one case reported to have GBS meningitis from acute otitis media infection in otherwise healthy individual. Hereby, we are reporting the second invasive GBS meningitis from acute otitis media infection with mastoiditis.
