Affiliations: Department of Pediatrics, Walter Reed Army Medical
Center, Washington, USA
Note: [] Correspondence: Thomas J. Seery, MD, Department of Pediatrics,
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Ave, Washington, DC 20307-5001,
USA. Tel.: +1 202 387 1480; Fax: +1 202 782 0740; E-mail:
[email protected]
Abstract: Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a known cause of invasive infection
in neonates and adults with significant underlying medical conditions,
particularly diabetes mellitus. There is no evidence in the literature of a
pediatric diabetic patient with a GBS infection. The first case is presented of
a 12-year-old female with an invasive GBS infection as the initial presenting
complaint of new onset type I diabetes mellitus.
Keywords: GBS, diabetes mellitus type I, diabetic ketoacidosis, adolescent