[Severe infections in the newborn after direct kardiototography during delivery (author's transl)]

In a total of 720 CTG-controlled newborns two cases of severe septic general infections were observed; a full-term baby showed an extensive skin of the head phlegmone and meningitis purulenta, both conditions caused by Bacteria coli. A pre-term baby developed suppuration at the site of the CTG-wound and a pulmonary abscess under a general septic condition. The tracheal secretion culture of the patient contained Bacteria pyozyanea. In the case of the full-term child histologic evidence of a chorion infection was established. Both children recovered. Therefore, as we see it, the application of direct cardiotokography makes extensive antiseptic measures and thorough examination of the newborn for infectious complications imperative, a general antibiotic treatment, however, is not considered indicated.