Neonatal meningitis due to Streptococcus mitis.
A baby girl became ill 2 days after a normal delivery. Streptococcus mitis was isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid, and she recovered uneventfully on treatment with penicillin and, for the first 2 days, netilmicin. The organism was penicillin-tolerant in vitro. Non-groupable alpha-hemolytic streptococci are an uncommon cause of meningitis; three cases have been ascribed to S. mitis.
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Department of Microbiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008581:Meningitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology