Neonatal citrobacter sepsis : Clinical and epidemiological aspects
| Autor: | B. Nalini, Baliga M, John Mathai, A. Venkatesh, Christo Gg |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.drug_class Antibiotics India Infant Premature Diseases Sepsis Citrobacter Internal medicine Epidemiology Case fatality rate medicine Humans Virulence biology business.industry Enterobacteriaceae Infections Infant Newborn Infant Low Birth Weight medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Low birth weight Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Immunology Septic arthritis medicine.symptom business Meningitis |
| Zdroj: | The Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 57:781-784 |
| ISSN: | 0973-7693 0019-5456 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf02722277 |
| Popis: | Fourteen neonates were diagnosed to have Citrobacter sepsis during 1986-89, representing 4.6% of all cases with bacteriologically proven sepsis. Most of these infants were low birth weight (mean 2046 gm, +/- 750) and preterm (mean 34.8 weeks, +/- 3.8). Mean age at onset of sepsis was five days. In 10 cases the hematological profile was suggestive of sepsis. Infants had clinical evidence of multisystem infection; 2 with septic arthritis and 3 meningitis. The case fatality rate was 61%. Resistance to antibiotics was frequent. Citrobacter species were also cultured from other sites: umbilical stumps, eye swabs, urine, skin pustules and umbilical catheter tips. The epidemiological features and virulence of this organism call for vigilance and strict control measures. |
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