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A Neonatal Imaging Model of Gram-Negative Bacterial Sepsis
Published on: August 12, 2020
Fulminant neonatal sepsis due to Streptococcus alactolyticus - A case report and review
Nicole Toepfner1, Sindhu Shetty, Mirjam Kunze
1Clinic and Polyclinic of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, Dresden, Germany.
Abstract:
Group D streptococci have rarely been associated with neonatal infections. We report a case of fulminant respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) caused by Streptococcus alactolyticus in a term neonate. Gram staining revealed gram-positive cocci and culture grew group D streptococci in samples taken from trachea, ear, and nasopharynx. Streptococcus alactolyticus was identified using automated microbial identification system (Vitek 2). Histopathology showed massive pulmonary inflammation with intra-alveolar granulocytosis and secondary pulmonary bleeding as etiology of fatal outcome. To our knowledge, this is first case presenting neonatal infection caused by Streptococcus alactolyticus.
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