GROUP-A STREPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS IN A PRE GNANT WOMAN

A case of group A streptococcal meningitis in a normally healthy pregn ant woman is described, with a review of the literature. Streptococcus pyogenes is a very rare cause of bacterial meningitis and especially affects immunocompetent subjects. The evolution is often associated wi th severe neurologic deficits, but the prognosis is favourable under t reatment with penicillin. In the light of the recrudescence of invasiv e infections, this germ could assume a more important role in bacteria l meningitis comparable to that in the pre-antibiotic era.