Late-onset left diaphragmatic hernia after group B streptococcal sepsis: An unusual presentation.
There are several reported cases of late presentations of right diaphragmatic hernia with early- as well as late-onset group B streptococcal (GBS) infections. The authors describe the first case of late-onset left diaphragmatic hernia with late onset GBS infection in a preterm infant. The diagnosis was prompted by a dramatic clinical deterioration during the recovery phase of GBS sepsis.
Vachharajani
A J
AJ
Children's Hospital at the Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation, Neonatal Division, Hamilton, Ontario.
Shah
J K
JK
Paes
B A
BA
D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification*