Case report: an infant with late-onset meningitis caused by Escherichia coli
Aria Asghari, Saeed Khoshnood, Zahra Mousavi, Hamid Heidari, Farzaneh Peik Falak, Farhad Dadgar, Hossein Ali Rahdar, Hossein Kazemian · 2024
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Aria Asghari and co-authors report the case of a 17-day-old baby girl with meningitis caused by a common gut germ, in a 2024 case report. Meningitis, a swelling around the brain, is a grave risk for infants whose defenses are still weak. The baby arrived with a high fever and was first thought to have a blood infection.
Tests of the fluid around her spine found the germ, while blood tests did not, and scans hinted at a bladder infection too. The strain could be killed by only one of the drugs tried. The authors stress that a spine fluid test, done before drugs start, is the surest way to catch such cases early.
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| CREATOR | Aria Asghari, Saeed Khoshnood, Zahra Mousavi, Hamid Heidari, Farzaneh Peik Falak, Farhad Dadgar, Hossein Ali Rahdar, Hossein Kazemian |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 11 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |