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Actinomyces neuii and neonatal sepsis
C Mann1, S Dertinger, G Hartmann
1Dept. of Pediatric Intensive Care, Academic Teaching Hospital, Feldkirch, Austria. chrimann@vol.at
Infection
|July 18, 2002
Abstract:
Actinomyces neuii belongs to the coryneform bacteria. In the case presented here this gram-positive rod had to be considered the pathogen causing not only the chorioam nionitis but also the neonatal sepsis. Conventional therapeutic regimes are effective due to the high sensitivity of A. neuii to beta-lactam antibiotics.