Streptococcus pneumoniae - an uncommon cause of neonatal sepsis: two case reports

<p><em>Streptococcus pneumoniae </em>is a rare but recognized aetiological agent for neonatal sepsis. In the context of scarce local data, we report two cases of early-onset neonatal sepsis (EONS) due to pneumococci that probably occurred following ascending transmission during the...

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Main Authors: GCS Gunasekera, GPS Gunaratna, R Sathanantharajah, NS Chandrasiri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology 2022-02-01
Series:Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://sljid.sljol.info/articles/8420