McKusick-kaufman syndrome: a rare case report with review of literature

Hydrometrocolpos [HMC], postaxial polydactyly [PAP] and congenital heart disease [CHD] are well documented features of the McKusick Kaufman Syndrome [MKKS]. This is a rare autosomal recessive disease which may be associated with other multiple malformations. MKKS is an extremely rare cause of non-immune hydrops with only one case reported in the literature. We report the first case of MKKS in Kuwait who presented with non-immune hydrops

Bloodstream infection due to bacillus cereus in a preterm neonate associated with necrotizing enterocolitis: a case report

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

Streptococcus pneumoniae as a cause of early onset neonatal sepsis: first report from Kuwait

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a rarely recognized cause of neonatal sepsis. We present a case of S. pneumoniae bacteremia that developed on the second day of life in a neonate born at 38 weeks of gestation to a mother who had prolonged rupture of the membranes [19 hours]. The isolate was penicillin sensitive. The child responded to a 14 day course of antibiotics. S. pneumoniae was isolated from the vagina of the mother by a swab culture collected prior to delivery, and isolates from the mother and the baby had the same sensitivity patterns. This case expands the spectrum of organisms responsible for early onset neonatal sepsis in Kuwait. To our knowledge, such an incident was not previously reported from Kuwait