MALIGNANT GROUP-B STREPTOCOCCAL ENDOCARDITIS ASSOCIATED WITH SALINE-INDUCED ABORTION

A 20-yr-old woman developed acute group B streptococcal endocarditis following saline-induced abortion. In the pre-antibiotic era, most cases of group B streptococcal endocarditis occurred in parturient or postabortal women. Currently, this disease is rarely described in obstetrical patients, and no previous cases following saline-induced abortion have been reported. Purulent pericarditis and a perivalvular abcess were present in our patient and represent only the second instance in which these findings have been documented in this disease.