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A case of congenital Listeria septicemia associated with high levels of inflammatory cytokines
- Source :
- Pediatrics International. 39:382-384
- Publication Year :
- 1997
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 1997.
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Abstract
- A case of congenital Listeria septicemia is reported. A 2256 g male infant suffering from respiratory and circulatory failure with shock-like symptoms and high levels of inflammatory cytokines (tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-1 beta, -6, and -8), was admitted to the Morioka Red Cross Hospital. Listeria monocytogenes was cultured from cord blood, contents from the external ear canal, rectum and stomach. The infant was treated with surfactant replacement as well as conventional therapy. The high levels of interleukin-1 beta decreased with the improvement of the circulatory function, which might have been the major cause of the poor clinical state.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_treatment
Rectum
Proinflammatory cytokine
Leukocyte Count
Sepsis
medicine
Humans
Listeriosis
Respiratory system
Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn
Platelet Count
business.industry
Stomach
Infant, Newborn
Pulmonary Surfactants
Cytokine
medicine.anatomical_structure
Cord blood
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Immunology
Circulatory system
Cytokines
Tumor necrosis factor alpha
business
Interleukin-1
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13288067
- Volume :
- 39
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pediatrics International
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....99474df3ac443ac70925c8171c1685e1