Recurrent Infective Endocarditis in an Adolescent due to Streptococcus agalactiae: A Rare Presentation of a Common Pathogen

Abstract

Streptococcus agalactiae is known to cause invasive infections in risk groups such as pregnant women, newborns, and immunosuppressed patients but it is uncommon in older children. We describe a case of recurrent infective endocarditis due to S. agalactiae in an 11-year-old boy with Loeys-Dietz syndrome who was successfully treated with long-term antimicrobial therapy for one year.

Keywords

• endocarditis
• streptococcus agalactiae
• child
• oman
• heart failure
• blood culture