1. Fellows Column: Case Report: Neonatal Intraventricular Hemorrhage in E.coli K1 Meningitis.
- Author
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Banh, Marian, Chawla, Rohan, Kohandani, Sara, and Patel, Monalisa
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DIAGNOSIS of escherichia coli diseases ,BACTERIAL meningitis ,BLOOD ,LEUKOCYTE count ,INTRAVENOUS immunoglobulins ,PLATELET count ,ERYTHROCYTES ,MICROBIAL sensitivity tests ,BACTERIAL antigens ,RARE diseases ,NEONATAL intensive care units ,NEUTROPHILS ,HEMOGLOBINS ,ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY ,NEONATAL diseases ,CEFEPIME ,AMPICILLIN ,NEONATAL intensive care ,BLOOD platelet transfusion ,MAGNETIC resonance imaging ,CELL culture ,THROMBOCYTOPENIA ,BLOOD sugar ,GENTAMICIN ,APGAR score ,HEMATOCRIT ,RESPIRATORY distress syndrome ,CEREBRAL hemorrhage ,C-reactive protein ,CEREBROSPINAL fluid ,DISEASE complications - Abstract
The article offers information on neonatal meningitis, a rare but serious disease affecting newborns, with acute inflammation of the brain tissue. Topics include the categorization of neonatal meningitis into early and late onset, common pathogens like Group B Streptococcus and Escherichia coli, and risk factors such as prematurity and maternal colonization.
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- 2024