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A full-term male infant delivered by caesarean section following a prolonged rupture of the amniotic membranes of 30 hours' duration manifested peculiar skin lesions at the time of birth consistent with the healing phase of bullous impetigo. He was colonized with beta-hemolytic Streptococcus group B that was also cultured from the mother's cervix. It is possible this infant became infected in utero since the healing stage of the lesions suggest that they were present sometime before birth.
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Skin Diseases, Infectious/congenital , Streptococcal Infections/congenital , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Male , Streptococcus agalactiaeABSTRACT
We report a case of perinatal infection that we believe is the first documented report of a congenital vesicular eruption due to Haemophilus influenzae type b and the second report of puerperal sepsis with this organism. A vesicular eruption was noted at birth on an infant delivered at 37 weeks following 34 hours' premature rupture of membranes. Gram-negative rods were seen on Gram stain of vesicular fluid, and H. influenzae type b grew on cultures of vesicular fluid. The mother sustained postpartum septicemia with the same organism. Amnionitis and funistis were demonstrated histologically. Results of all viral studies were negative. Infant and mother did well with antibiotic therapy.
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Haemophilus Infections/congenital , Puerperal Infection/etiology , Sepsis/etiology , Skin Diseases, Infectious/congenital , Adult , Female , Haemophilus influenzae , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Male , Pregnancy , Puerperal Infection/microbiology , Sepsis/microbiologyABSTRACT
The authors report the results of a systematic study of the skin conducted during three months in 306 neonates born in a hospital maternity unit in the Hauts-de-Seine departement, France. Two hundred and ninety-nine infants could be examined: 91 (30.5 p. 100) developed erythema toxicum neonatorum; 102 (34 p. 100) had port wine naevus; 42 (14 p. 100) mongolian spot, and 10 (3.5 p. 100) pigmented epidermal naevus. Various other abnormalities were found. These findings are compared with those of previous French (5, 14) and foreign (1, 3, 7-11, 13, 16, 17-19) studies.
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Hemangioma/congenital , Nevus/congenital , Skin Diseases/congenital , Telangiectasis/congenital , Erythema/congenital , Erythema/epidemiology , Female , France , Hemangioma/epidemiology , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Male , Nevus/epidemiology , Skin Diseases/epidemiology , Skin Diseases, Infectious/congenital , Skin Diseases, Infectious/epidemiology , Telangiectasis/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Cytomegalovirus has received renewed recognition as a pathogen in recent years. This article emphasizes the cutaneous manifestations of cytomegalovirus infection.
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Cytomegalovirus Infections , Skin Diseases, Infectious , Child , Cytomegalovirus Infections/congenital , Cytomegalovirus Infections/pathology , Female , Humans , Infant , Male , Skin Diseases, Infectious/congenital , Skin Diseases, Infectious/pathologyABSTRACT
In the newborn, there exists a wide spectrum of pustular skin diseases. These range from transitory, benign adaptation disorders up to systemic, life threatening illnesses. In 30-60% of newborns pustules are observed in association with the relatively harmless Erythema toxicum, the origin of which is still unknown today. It is necessary to differentiate this from the pustular diseases which may be of infectious or non-infectious nature and which require therapy. Typical pathogens include Malassezia furfur, Staphylococci, Streptococci, Candida spp. and the herpes virus group.