Group B streptococcus infection in neonatal intensive care unit.
Objective: To evaluate the characteristics and clinical course of the neonates with group B streptococcus (GBS) infection in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Material and Methods: Between January 2010 and December 2010, we retrospectively evaluated demographic features, treatment and clinical co...
| Published in: | Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 702 - 707 |
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Turkiye Klinikleri
Jun2012
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104446198&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104446198 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 13000292 1VOP jtl: Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences issn: 13000292 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2012 vid: 32 iid: 3 pid: 67298 pub: Turkiye Klinikleri artinfo: ui: 104446198 104446198 2011551577 10.5336/medsci.2011-25171 104446198 ppf: 702 ppct: 5 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Group B streptococcus infection in neonatal intensive care unit. aug: au: Dizdar, Evrim Alyamac Sari, Fatma Nur Özdemir, Ramazan Uras, Nurdan Erdeve, Ömer Oguz, Serife Suna Saygan, Sibel Dilmen, Ugur sug: subj: Intensive Care Units, Neonatal Streptococcal Infections Epidemiology Descriptive Statistics Dyspnea Female Fever Human Infant Male Pneumonia Retrospective Design Streptococcal Infections Symptoms Infant: 1-23 months Female Male ab: Objective: To evaluate the characteristics and clinical course of the neonates with group B streptococcus (GBS) infection in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Material and Methods: Between January 2010 and December 2010, we retrospectively evaluated demographic features, treatment and clinical course of patients with GBS infection. Diagnosis of GBS infection was made when blood cultures were positive for GBS plus clinical and/or laboratory findings also supported GBS infection. Results: Ten (7 males and 3 females) of 8055 patients (0.124%) had culture-proven GBS infection. The median gestational age was 36 years (range 26-40 years) and birth weight was 3015 gr (range 1000-3830 gr). The presenting symptom was dyspnea in 7 patients, feeding disturbance in one and fever in one patient. Infection site was pneumonia in 5 patients, meningitis in 1 patient and could not be detected in 4 patients. Treatment with penicillin G 400.000 u/kg/d was initiated in one patient with meningitis and 200.000 u/kg/d in the remaining patients. One premature infant died while the remaining 9 patients completely recovered and were discharged after hospitalization for a median of 12.5 days (range 3-55 days). Conclusion: This study showed the importance of considering GBS infection in differential diagnosis of newborns with dyspnea and initiating appropriate treatment as soon as possible. Early and rapid diagnosis and antibiotic treatment in appropriate doses provides control of GBS infections. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: Turkish refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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