Escherichia coli is the second cause of neonatal meningitis which is a major cause of
neonatal mortality and is associated with a high incidence of neurological sequelae. E. coli …

Bacterial meningitis in the neonate differs in many ways from meningitis in the older child
and adult. Host factors and a greater number of potential pathogens pose diagnostic and …

Group B streptococcal neonatal sepsis is a significantly underestimated problem.
Epidemiologic studies revealed an incidence of 2 per 1,000 live births and a mortality rate of …

Examination of 77 strains of Escherichia coli from the cerebrospinal fluid of neonates with
meningitis revealed 65 (84 per cent) with the capsular (K1) polysaccharide. The Esch. coli …

We reviewed our experience with gram-negative enteric bacillary meningitis in neonates
and infants from 1969 through 1989. Ninety-eight patients were identified. Their ages were …

Objective. We performed this investigation to assess whether selective approaches to
performing lumbar puncture (LP) in the early neonatal period will result in a missed or …

The Developing Human Brain: Growth and Epidemiologic Neuropathology presents the
analyses that study the conditions and events of pregnancy, labor, and delivery as they …

During a five-year period the incidence of neonatal sepsis was 20 times higher in
Polynesian newborns compared with European newborns (11 per 1,000 vs. 0.6 per 1,000 …

✓ Since the introduction of ultrasonography and computerized tomography (CT) scanning,
brain abscesses are found more frequently in cases of neonatal meningitis and septicemia …

The medical records of 44 infants under three months of age, admitted to the hospital from
January, 1965, to February, 1972, with a diagnosis of meningitis, were reviewed. Eleven of …