title: Early cystic lung disease in a premature neonate with perinatally acquired capnocytophaga.
abstract: We describe a premature infant with early cystic lung lesions and sepsis due to prenatally acquired Capnocytophaga infection. Early cystic lesions have not been described previously as a characteristic of this infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. alixe.howlett@dal.ca
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Howlett
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Mailman
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ganapathy
mesh_terms: D002206:Capnocytophaga; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*