Congenital brucellosis: a rare cause of respiratory distress in neonates.
Brucellosis represents a rare cause of neonatal infection. In this article we report a very unusual case of congenital infection due to BRUCELLA MELITENSIS in a term neonate presenting after birth with severe respiratory distress and radiological manifestations (lobar consolidation and diffuse interstitial infiltrations) compatible with pulmonary involvement. The neonate was successfully treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, rifampicin, and gentamicin.
Sarafidis
Kosmas
K
1st Department of Neonatology, Aristotle University, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Agakidis
Charalambos
C
Diamanti
Elisavet
E
Karantaglis
Nikolaos
N
Roilides
Emmanuel
E
D000383:Agriculture; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D005839:Gentamicins; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination; D012293:Rifampin