ABSTRACT
A case of nosocomial bloodstream infection caused by Bacillus cereus [B.cereus] in a 33-day old preterm neonate in a teaching hospital in Kuwait who developed necrotizing enterocolitis [NEC] is described. The possible role of B. cereus in NEC is discussed
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Humans , Female , Bacillus cereus , Cross Infection/complications , Infant, Premature , Klebsiella pneumoniae , Enterobacter , Escherichia coli , Candida , StaphylococcusABSTRACT
CHARGE association is an increasingly recognized non-random clustering of congenital malformations. We present a baby with readily recognizable clinical features that lead to a prompt diagnosis of CHARGE association. The baby also had a schizencephaly which makes us ponder that this could very well be a neural crest migratory disorder stressing the need for an expanded classification of [neurocrestopathies]. The recently recommended diagnostic criteria of CHARGE association are also reviewed