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Culture-Negative Neonatal Meningitis and Endocarditis Caused by <i>Streptococcus agalactiae</i>

Valérie Lefranc Nègre, Anne-Marie Colin-Gorski, S Magnier, Lydia Maisonneuve, Y. Aujard, Édouard Bingen, Stéphane Bonacorsi

Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2004 · 18 citations · 6 references

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We describe a case of culture-negative meningitis and endocarditis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae in a 27-day-old boy. S. agalactiae was detected in cerebrospinal fluid and serum by broad-spectrum PCR amplification.

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