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Buenaventura Hernandez-Machin, MD; Candelaria Santana Reyes, MD; Mª Mar Ojeda Vargas, MD; Leopoldo Borrego Hernando, MD

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007;161(9):907.

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A male term newborn of a 22-year-old primiparous woman, born after an uneventful pregnancy via normal vaginal delivery (Apgar scores of 9 and 10 at 1 and 5 minutes), birth weight of 3220 g, was admitted to the Neonatology Unit because of a generalized cutaneous eruption and leukocytosis with left shift during the first few hours of life. Other concurrent systemic symptoms were not detected. A hemogram showed 20.4 x 10³ leukocytes/µL (60% of neutrophils). Findings from conventional biochemistry, thorax irradiation, blood cultures, and cerebral spinal fluid culture were normal. Alterations of the placenta and the umbilical cord were not recorded. After taking samples for hemocultures, the patient was empirically treated with cefotaxime sodium (150 mg intravenously for 12 hours) and vancomycin hydrochloride (30 mg intravenously for 8 hours), which were discontinued because of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Author Affiliations: Departments of Dermatology (Drs Hernandez-Machin and Hernando), Pediatrics (Dr Reyes), and Microbiology (Dr Vargas), Hospital Universitario Materno-Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.

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