Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Pneumococcal Meningitis And Endophthalmitis in a Newborn

Pneumococcal Meningitis And Endophthalmitis in a Newborn To the Editor.— Keyes et al recently reported an association between meningococcemia and endocervical infection in two patients and remarked on the uniqueness of this association.1 We encountered a case in which a relatively asymptomatic pneumococcal infection of the endocervical area of a mother led to fatal pneumococcal meningitis in a live born infant who remained asymptomatic until 5 days of age. Report of a Case.— A 5-day-old female infant was born at term via low forceps delivery to a 23-year-old primigravida who had had an uneventful pregnancy except for mild preeclampsia. The child, with an initial apgar core of 3, required suction and oxygen, but within five minutes the respirations were normal. She received silver nitrate prophylaxis to the eyes, and on day 4 the child was discharged as a healthy newborn. The mother was disturbed by the foul odor of the vaginal discharge, but was afebrile and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

Pneumococcal Meningitis And Endophthalmitis in a Newborn

JAMA , Volume 219 (13) – Mar 27, 1972

Loading next page...
 
/lp/american-medical-association/pneumococcal-meningitis-and-endophthalmitis-in-a-newborn-0Zpm3THcdF

References (0)

References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.

Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1972 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0098-7484
eISSN
1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.1972.03190390047024
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

To the Editor.— Keyes et al recently reported an association between meningococcemia and endocervical infection in two patients and remarked on the uniqueness of this association.1 We encountered a case in which a relatively asymptomatic pneumococcal infection of the endocervical area of a mother led to fatal pneumococcal meningitis in a live born infant who remained asymptomatic until 5 days of age. Report of a Case.— A 5-day-old female infant was born at term via low forceps delivery to a 23-year-old primigravida who had had an uneventful pregnancy except for mild preeclampsia. The child, with an initial apgar core of 3, required suction and oxygen, but within five minutes the respirations were normal. She received silver nitrate prophylaxis to the eyes, and on day 4 the child was discharged as a healthy newborn. The mother was disturbed by the foul odor of the vaginal discharge, but was afebrile and

Journal

JAMAAmerican Medical Association

Published: Mar 27, 1972

There are no references for this article.