Exchange transfusion in severe neonatal infection with sclerema.
Two critically ill newborn babies with severe infection associated with sclerema were successfully treated with appropriate antibiotics and repeated exchange transfusions.
D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002512:Cephalothin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005078:Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007567:Jaundice, Neonatal / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D012593:Sclerema Neonatorum / Q000150:complications*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*
D005839:Gentamicins; D000667:Ampicillin; D002512:Cephalothin