Group B streptococcal endocarditis in obstetric and gynecologic practice From: Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: Crespo, Antonio; Retter, Avi S; Lorber, Bennett | Copyright CRC Press 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Background: We describe a case and review ten other instances of group B streptococcal endocarditis in the setting of obstetric and gynecologic practice reported since the last review in 1985.

Case: Abortion remains a common antecedent event, but in contrast to earlier reports, most patients did not have underlying valvular disease, the tricuspid valve was most often involved, and mortality was low. Patients with tricuspid valve infection tended to have a subacute course, whereas thos...

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