Neonatal streptococcal toxic shock syndrome caused by Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. Equisimilis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 979-981

  Yamaoka, Shigeo ^a   Ogihara, Tohru ^a   Yasui, Masako ^a   Hasegawa, Masashi ^a   Hira, Seigo ^a   Oue, Shinya ^a   Ubukata, Kimiko ^b   Watanabe, Haruo ^c   Takahashi, Takashi ^b  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

disseminated intravascular coagulation; maternal transmission; neonatal infection; streptococcal toxic shock syndrome; Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; DOBUTAMINE; IMIPENEM; NAFAMSTAT MESILATE; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE EQUISIMILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77957276119     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181e5292f     Document Type: Article

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