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OBJECTIVE: To determine epidemiology and clinical characteristics of infants with methicillin-susceptible (MSSA) and -resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). STUDY DESIGN: All NICU admissions (2001 to 2008) with any positive S. aureus culture were included as cases. Cases were further characterized as either colonized or infected with invasive disease. RESULTS: Four thousand three hundred four infants were admitted; 273 (6.3%) had at least one culture positive for S. aureus, including 198 with MSSA and 75 with MRSA. Invasive disease occurred in 23.2% of MSSA cases versus 29.3% MRSA (p = 0.298). Between the study periods 2001 to 2005 versus 2006 to 2008, the incidence of all MSSA cultures (colonization and invasive disease) decreased from 53.6 to 38.9/1000 admissions (p = 0.044), and that of MRSA increased from 13.7 to 24.77/1000 admissions (p = 0.010). The incidence of invasive MSSA (p = 0.49) and MRSA (p = 0.38) disease between the two periods remained similar. Infants with invasive MRSA versus MSSA had a longer duration of positive cultures (55 versus 19 days, p = 0.009). None of five available isolates collected prior to 2006 was characterized as USA300, but 11/21 isolates collected subsequently were USA300 (p = 0.053). CONCLUSION: The incidence of MRSA (colonization and infection) nearly doubled during the study period coinciding with emergence of community-acquired MRSA USA300.
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Infecção Hospitalar/epidemiologia , Doenças do Prematuro/epidemiologia , Staphylococcus aureus Resistente à Meticilina , Infecções Estafilocócicas/epidemiologia , Infecções Comunitárias Adquiridas/epidemiologia , Infecções Comunitárias Adquiridas/microbiologia , Infecção Hospitalar/microbiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Incidência , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Recém-Nascido Prematuro , Doenças do Prematuro/microbiologia , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal , Masculino , Resistência a Meticilina/efeitos dos fármacos , Staphylococcus aureus Resistente à Meticilina/isolamento & purificação , Pneumonia Bacteriana/epidemiologia , Pneumonia Bacteriana/microbiologia , Estudos Prospectivos , Estudos Retrospectivos , Infecções Estafilocócicas/microbiologiaRESUMO
Community-associated strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) have recently emerged as a major cause of serious infections among older children and are now being seen in NICU patients. We present the case of a preterm infant with CA-MRSA necrotizing pneumonia and secondary bacteremia.
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Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Bacteriemia/diagnóstico , Bacteriemia/tratamento farmacológico , Resistência a Meticilina , Pneumonia Estafilocócica/diagnóstico , Pneumonia Estafilocócica/tratamento farmacológico , Staphylococcus aureus/efeitos dos fármacos , Antituberculosos/uso terapêutico , Bacteriemia/microbiologia , Infecções Comunitárias Adquiridas/diagnóstico , Infecções Comunitárias Adquiridas/tratamento farmacológico , Esquema de Medicação , Gentamicinas/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Necrose , Rifampina/uso terapêutico , Gêmeos , Vancomicina/uso terapêuticoRESUMO
We present a case report of a term neonate with congenital human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection born with nonimmune hydrops fetalis who developed hepatitis shortly after birth. Maternal HIV infection was diagnosed after delivery. An extensive evaluation for known causes of nonimmune hydrops, both infectious and noninfectious, was negative. After beginning highly active antiretroviral therapy, hepatitis resolved and the HIV viral load became undetectable. We believe this is the first report of nonimmune hydrops fetalis and hepatitis in an infant with congenital HIV infection.
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Infecções por HIV/congênito , Infecções por HIV/complicações , Hepatite/complicações , Hidropisia Fetal , Terapia Antirretroviral de Alta Atividade , HIV/fisiologia , Infecções por HIV/tratamento farmacológico , Humanos , Lactente , Masculino , Carga ViralRESUMO
Vibrio alginolyticus is an unusual cause of otitis media. Infection usually occurs in the presence of a chronically perforated eardrum or patent pressure-equalizing tube. Infection with V. alginolyticus can occur after even mild, brief exposure to seawater, and the interval between exposure to seawater and onset of clinical infection can be prolonged.
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Ventilação da Orelha Média/instrumentação , Otite Média/diagnóstico , Vibrioses/diagnóstico , Vibrio/isolamento & purificação , Criança , Humanos , Otite Média/microbiologia , Vibrio/classificação , Vibrioses/microbiologiaRESUMO
This is a case report of a child with severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) pneumonia and concurrent infection with Epstein-Barr virus. We hypothesize that immunosuppression due to EBV may have contributed to the severity of his RSV infection. The diagnosis of RSV infection was facilitated by bronchoalveolar lavage.