Early-Onset Fulminant Sepsis in a Preterm Neonate due to Streptococcus gallolyticus: A Case Report and Literature Review
Streptococcus gallolyticus is an uncommon cause of neonatal infections. We describe the first case of fulminant lethal neonatal sepsis due to S. gallolyticus reported in literature. Our patient was an extremely low birth weight premature infant born to a mother with prolonged rupture of amniotic mem...
Main Authors: | Chandler Williams, Rishika P. Sakaria, Massroor Pourcyrous |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
2022-01-01
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Series: | American Journal of Perinatology Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-1762-0096 |
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