Fulminant Neonatal Meningococcemia
- 1 April 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
- Vol. 134 (4) , 354-355
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1980.04490010012004
Abstract
• Neisseria meningitidis is a rare cause of infection in infants younger than 2 months of age, presumably because of transplacental passage of protective maternal antibodies. In most reported cases of meningococcal disease in neonates, a relatively mild clinical course has been observed. A 25-day-old infant survived acute, severe meningococcemia due to group B N meningitidis. This organism should be considered when neonates have signs of septicemia, especially in the presence of cutaneous petechiae and purpura. (Am J Dis Child 134:354-355, 1980)This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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