Neonatal cellulitis and sepsis caused by group A streptococcus

Abstract

We report a case of late onset neonatal invasive group A streptococcal disease characterized with rapidly progressing cellulitis and development of sepsis. The infection was acquired from benign and mild skin infection of the child's mother. The causative agent was group A streptococcus, belonging to the emm type 53.2, which usually causes mild skin disease. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.