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Meningococcal Neonatal Purulent ConjunctivitisSepsis and Asymptomatic Carriage of N. meningitidis in Mother’s Vagina and Both Parents’ Nasopharynx
المؤلفون المشاركون
Chacon-Cruz, Enrique
Alvelais-Palacios, Jorge Arturo
Rodriguez-Valencia, Jaime Alfonso
Lopatynsky-Reyes, Erika Zoe
Volker-Soberanes, Maria Luisa
Rivas-Landeros, Rosa Maria
المصدر
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
العدد
المجلد 2017، العدد 2017 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2017)، ص ص. 1-3، 3ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2017-03-06
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
3
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Neonatal conjunctivitis is usually associated with vagina’s infection by Chlamydia sp., N.
gonorrhoeae, and/or other bacteria during delivery.
Meningococcal neonatal conjunctivitis is an extremely rare disease.
We report a case of neonatal meningococcal sepsis/conjunctivitis and asymptomatic carriage of N.
meningitidis from both parents (vagina and nasopharynx).
As part of our active surveillance for meningococcal disease at the Tijuana General Hospital (TGH), Mexico, we identified a 3-day-old newborn with meningococcal conjunctivitis and sepsis.
The patient had a one-day history of conjunctivitis and poor feeding.
Clinical examination confirmed profuse purulent conjunctival discharge, as well as clinical signs and laboratory findings suggestive of bacteraemia.
Gram stain from conjunctival exudate revealed intracellular Gram negative diplococci; we presumed the baby had gonorrheal conjunctivitis; however, serogroup Y, N.
meningitidis was isolated both from conjunctival exudate and blood.
Additionally, isolation of serogroup Y, N.
meningitidis was obtained from mother’s vagina and both parents’ nasopharynx.
The baby was treated with 7 days of IV ceftriaxone and discharged with no sequelae.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Chacon-Cruz, Enrique& Alvelais-Palacios, Jorge Arturo& Rodriguez-Valencia, Jaime Alfonso& Lopatynsky-Reyes, Erika Zoe& Volker-Soberanes, Maria Luisa& Rivas-Landeros, Rosa Maria. 2017. Meningococcal Neonatal Purulent ConjunctivitisSepsis and Asymptomatic Carriage of N. meningitidis in Mother’s Vagina and Both Parents’ Nasopharynx. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1146386
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Chacon-Cruz, Enrique…[et al.]. Meningococcal Neonatal Purulent ConjunctivitisSepsis and Asymptomatic Carriage of N. meningitidis in Mother’s Vagina and Both Parents’ Nasopharynx. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1146386
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Chacon-Cruz, Enrique& Alvelais-Palacios, Jorge Arturo& Rodriguez-Valencia, Jaime Alfonso& Lopatynsky-Reyes, Erika Zoe& Volker-Soberanes, Maria Luisa& Rivas-Landeros, Rosa Maria. Meningococcal Neonatal Purulent ConjunctivitisSepsis and Asymptomatic Carriage of N. meningitidis in Mother’s Vagina and Both Parents’ Nasopharynx. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1146386
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1146386
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