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

Charge association with schizencephaly in a newborn infant: a case report

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