"Acquired" congenital diaphragmatic hernia following early onset group B streptococcal pneumonia.
A newborn baby who presented with neonatal pneumonia due to group B streptococcus and who required artificial ventilation is described. After the infant was weaned from the respirator, increasing respiratory distress led to the diagnosis of posterolateral diaphragmatic hernia.
D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae; D013997:Time Factors