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Neonatal Meningococcal Meningitis: Report of a Case Presenting in the Nursery
Author(s) -
COCKINGTON R. A.,
JAMES C. A.,
LEVY W. R.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1977.tb01168.x
Subject(s) - medicine , penicillin , meningococcal meningitis , meningitis , neonatal meningitis , neisseria meningitidis , pediatrics , neisseria , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , biochemistry , chemistry , genetics , escherichia coli , gene , biology
A neonatal infant with meningitis due to Neisseria meningiddis is described. Despite an initial 14 days' cover of intravenous penicillin, 100,000 U/kg/day, it appeared that infection recurred when penicillin was stopped.