Sneathia species in a case of neonatal meningitis from Northeast India

Oxford Medical Case Reports

Volumn 2014, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 112-114

  Devi, Utpala ^a   Bora, Reeta ^b   Das, Jayanta Kumar ^b   Malik, Vinita ^a   Mahanta, Jagadish ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b ASSAM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN; RNA 16S;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAM STAINING; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; INDIA; LEPTOTRICHIA; LETHARGY; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SNEATHIA SANGUINEGENS;

EID: 84987991384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20538855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/omcr/omu044     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Harwich MD, Jr, Serrano M, Fettweis JM, Alves JMP, Reimers MA, Vaginal Microbiome Consortium (additional members), Buck GA, Jefferson KK. Genomic sequence analysis and characterization of Sneathia amnii sp. nov. BMC Genomics 2012;13(Suppl. 8):S4
2. Hanff PA, Rosol-Donoghue JA, Spiegel CA, Wilson KH, Moore LH. Leptotrichia sanguinegens sp. nov., a new agent of postpartum and neonatal bacteremia. Clin Infect Dis 1995;20:S237-39
3. Collins MD, Hoyles L, Tornqvist E, von Essen R, Falsen E. Characterization of some strains from Human Clinical Sources which resemble 'Leptotrichia sanguinegens': description of Sneathia sanguinegens sp. nov., gen. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2001;24:358-61
4. DiGiulio DB, Romero R, Amogan HP, Kusanovic JP, Bik EM, Gotsch F, Kim CJ, Erez O, Edwin S, Relman DA. Microbial prevalence, diversity and abundance in amniotic fluid during preterm labor: a molecular and culture-based investigation. PLoS One 2008;3:e3056
5. Wang X, Buhimschi CS, Temoin S, Bhandari V, Han YW, Buhimschi IA. Comparative microbial analysis of paired amniotic fluid and cord blood from pregnancies complicated by preterm birth and early-onset neonatal sepsis. PLoS One 2013;8:e56131
6. Decroix V, Goudjil S, Kongolo G, Mammeri H. 'Leptotrichia amnionii', a newly reported cause of early onset neonatal meningitis. J Med Microbiol 2013;62:785-88
7. Eribe ERK, Paster BJ, Caugant DA, Dewhirst FE, Stromberg VK, Lacy GH, Olsen I. Genetic diversity of Leptotrichia and description of Leptotrichia goodfellowii sp. nov., Leptotrichia hofstadii sp. nov., Leptotrichia shahii sp. nov. and Leptotrichia wadei sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004;54:583-92
8. Chakrabarti P, Das BK, Kapil A. Application of 16SrDNA based seminested PCR for diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis. Indian J Med Res 2009;129:182-88
9. Bachy B, Bemer P, Tortellier L, Giraudeau C, Reynaud A, Corvec S. First case of septic arthritis due to Sneathia species most closely related to S. sanguinegens. J Med Microbiol 2011;60:1693-96
10. Sankar MJ, Agarwal R, Deorari AK, Paul VK. Sepsis in newborn. Indian J Pediatr 2008;75:261-66
11. Fu KP, Neu HC. In vitro study of netilmicin compared with other aminoglycosides. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1976;10:526-34
12. Schrag SJ, Zywicki S, Farley MM, Reingold AL, Harrison LH, Lefkowitz LB, Hadler JL, Danila R, Cieslak PR, Schuchat A. Group B streptococcal disease in the era of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis. N Engl J Med 2000;342:15-20