Group A streptococcus endocarditis in children: 2 cases and a review of the literature

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Streptococcus pyogenes endocarditis and serotypes/emm types

Case [ref]	Year	Age, Sex	Underlying conditions	T type	M type	emm type*
A [15]	1992	3 y, Female	Arnold-Chiari malformation, ventriculoperitoneal shunt, developmental delay	12
B [28]	2000	2 y 9 m, Male		12	nontypeable
C [29]	2013	60 y, Male	smoking, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, left iliofemoral bypass			44
D [16]	2015	63 y, Male				12
E [17]	2015	9 y, Female	VSD^a repair at 7 y	13		90.2
F [30]	2001	73 y, Female	Predisposing condition for IE			77
G [30]	2005	64 y, Male				82
H [30]	2006	33 y, Male	Intravenous drug user			82
I [30]	2008	68 y, Female				87
J [30]	2011	24 y, Male	Intravenous drug user			66
K [30]	2013	39 y, Male	Intravenous drug user, Prosthetic valve			22
L [30]	2013	51 y, Male	Intravenous drug user			75
M [Patient 1]	2016	14 y, Female		6	6	6.104
N [Patient 2]	2015	1y 5 m, Male	VSD^a (spontaneous closure at 5 m)	4	4	4

^aVSD ventricle septal defect. ^*emm types related to superficial disease are noted in bold font

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