Streptococcus pneumoniae infection on Noenates

dc.contributor.authorBamford, C
dc.contributor.authorHaffejee, S
dc.contributor.authorWhitelaw, A C
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-11T11:07:11Z
dc.date.available2016-07-11T11:07:11Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.updated2016-01-11T09:17:44Z
dc.description.abstractWWhile Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteraemia is not uncommon, clinicians and microbiologists might not think of it in terms of neonatal sepsis. Our interest was aroused recently by two cases of S. pneumoniae bacteraemia in neonates. A 21-year-old primigravida had a spontaneous rupture of membranes at 34 weeks’ gestation with clear liquor and no clinical or laboratory features of sepsis. She received intravenous ampicillin and metronidazole, and had a normal vaginal delivery approximately 40 hours after the rupture of membranes. At delivery the baby had good Apgar scores of 9 and 9, but was noted to be in respiratory distress with tachypnoea (respiratory rate of 72 breaths/minute), grunting and subcostal and intercostal recession. He was commenced on intravenous penicillin and gentamicin. S. pneumoniae was cultured from the blood, susceptible to penicillin (MIC as determined by Etest of 0.016 µg/ml). He had a good clinical response to 10 days of intravenous penicillin.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBamford, C., Haffejee, S., & Whitelaw, A. C. (2007). Streptococcus pneumoniae infection on Noenates. <i>SAMJ South African Medical Journal</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20276en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBamford, C, S Haffejee, and A C Whitelaw "Streptococcus pneumoniae infection on Noenates." <i>SAMJ South African Medical Journal</i> (2007) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20276en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBamford, C., Whitelaw, A., & Haffejee, S. (2007). Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in neonates. South African Medical Journal, 97(1), 10.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0256-9574en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Bamford, C AU - Haffejee, S AU - Whitelaw, A C AB - WWhile Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteraemia is not uncommon, clinicians and microbiologists might not think of it in terms of neonatal sepsis. Our interest was aroused recently by two cases of S. pneumoniae bacteraemia in neonates. A 21-year-old primigravida had a spontaneous rupture of membranes at 34 weeks’ gestation with clear liquor and no clinical or laboratory features of sepsis. She received intravenous ampicillin and metronidazole, and had a normal vaginal delivery approximately 40 hours after the rupture of membranes. At delivery the baby had good Apgar scores of 9 and 9, but was noted to be in respiratory distress with tachypnoea (respiratory rate of 72 breaths/minute), grunting and subcostal and intercostal recession. He was commenced on intravenous penicillin and gentamicin. S. pneumoniae was cultured from the blood, susceptible to penicillin (MIC as determined by Etest of 0.016 µg/ml). He had a good clinical response to 10 days of intravenous penicillin. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - SAMJ South African Medical Journal LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 SM - 0256-9574 T1 - Streptococcus pneumoniae infection on Noenates TI - Streptococcus pneumoniae infection on Noenates UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20276 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/20276
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/view/400/6
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBamford C, Haffejee S, Whitelaw AC. Streptococcus pneumoniae infection on Noenates. SAMJ South African Medical Journal. 2007; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20276.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherHealth and Medical Publishing Groupen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDivision of Medical Microbiologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
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dc.sourceSAMJ South African Medical Journalen_ZA
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dc.titleStreptococcus pneumoniae infection on Noenatesen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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