Neonatal meningitis caused by streptococcus pneumonia in Iran
Meningitis, pneumonia, and sepsis in newborns and young infants (age < 60 days) are the main causes of childhood mortality in developing countries. Even though streptococcus pneumonia is the most commonly detected microorganism in pediatric bacterial meningitis, it is rare in newborn infants. The...
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| description | Meningitis, pneumonia, and sepsis in newborns and young infants (age < 60 days) are the main causes of childhood mortality in developing countries. Even though streptococcus pneumonia is the most commonly detected microorganism in pediatric bacterial meningitis, it is rare in newborn infants. The following article reports a case of pneumococcal meningitis that was detected early in a newborn infant in 2013. A female baby was born by vaginal delivery with a birth weight of 2900 grams. She was symptomatic (poor feeding) from her first day of life, but she was admitted with a toxic status (dehydrated, lethargic, cyanotic, hypo tone, hypo reflex) to our referral center on her third day life. Her blood culture showed no growth of any organism and her urine culture was also negative, but the Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture showed growth of streptococcus pneumonia. The maternal sepsis workup was normal. Despite all therapeutic management, unfortunately, the patient died on her fourth day after admission. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-93075bf6a57b49e5bf3c974f588bb5e22022-12-21T20:03:41ZengMashhad University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Neonatology2251-75102322-21582015-03-01613538Neonatal meningitis caused by streptococcus pneumonia in Iranzahra abbasi shaye0ehsan alaee1Maryam Abbasi shaye2matin bakhtiari3resident of community medicineneonatalogistStudent of biology, Microbial biotechnology,Biology Departement, Faculty of science, Ferdowsi university, Mashhad, IranImam zaman hospital, Department of pediatrics, Mashhad university of medical science, Mashhad, IranMeningitis, pneumonia, and sepsis in newborns and young infants (age < 60 days) are the main causes of childhood mortality in developing countries. Even though streptococcus pneumonia is the most commonly detected microorganism in pediatric bacterial meningitis, it is rare in newborn infants. The following article reports a case of pneumococcal meningitis that was detected early in a newborn infant in 2013. A female baby was born by vaginal delivery with a birth weight of 2900 grams. She was symptomatic (poor feeding) from her first day of life, but she was admitted with a toxic status (dehydrated, lethargic, cyanotic, hypo tone, hypo reflex) to our referral center on her third day life. Her blood culture showed no growth of any organism and her urine culture was also negative, but the Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture showed growth of streptococcus pneumonia. The maternal sepsis workup was normal. Despite all therapeutic management, unfortunately, the patient died on her fourth day after admission.http://ijn.mums.ac.ir/publisher?_action=publish&article=4155&related_issue=627Neonate; meningitis; streptococcus pneumonia |
| spellingShingle | zahra abbasi shaye ehsan alaee Maryam Abbasi shaye matin bakhtiari Neonatal meningitis caused by streptococcus pneumonia in Iran Iranian Journal of Neonatology Neonate; meningitis; streptococcus pneumonia |
| title | Neonatal meningitis caused by streptococcus pneumonia in Iran |
| title_full | Neonatal meningitis caused by streptococcus pneumonia in Iran |
| title_fullStr | Neonatal meningitis caused by streptococcus pneumonia in Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neonatal meningitis caused by streptococcus pneumonia in Iran |
| title_short | Neonatal meningitis caused by streptococcus pneumonia in Iran |
| title_sort | neonatal meningitis caused by streptococcus pneumonia in iran |
| topic | Neonate; meningitis; streptococcus pneumonia |
| url | http://ijn.mums.ac.ir/publisher?_action=publish&article=4155&related_issue=627 |
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