Early cystic lung disease in a premature neonate with perinatally acquired capnocytophaga.
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.
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Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. alixe.howlett@dal.ca
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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*