[An outbreak of neonatal meningitis caused by enterovirus]. / Brote neonatal de meningitis por enterovirus.

Six newborn infants affected by acute aseptic neonatal meningitis were attended during the months of June and July 1987. Fever, good general physical appearance and no associate focal symptomatology was the onset in five cases, whereas one of them had apnea spells. An increase in total cell count was present in CSF with polymorphonuclears predominance in two cases, being lymphocites more prevalent in the others. Enterovirus were demonstrated as a cause in three of them. After describing clinical facts and evolution, some epidemiological aspects are commented.

[Epidemic outbreak of necrotizing enterocolitis coincident with an epidemic of neonatal rotavirus gastroenteritis]. / Brote epidémico de enterocolitis necrotizante, coincidiendo con una epidemia de gastroenteritis neonatal a rotavirus.

Authors present four cases of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis occurred during an outbreak of acute enteritis. From november 1985 to beginning of february 1986, forty-seven out of 588 newborn infants were involved. In 22 affected infants (46.8%) rotavirus were isolated from stools, whereas no bacterial or viral agent was recovered in 25 (53.2%). Four cases (8.6%) developed necrotizing enterocolitis.

[Sudden death syndrome of the nursling. Review of cases and current status of research]. / Síndrome de la muerte súbita del lactante. Revisión casuística y estado actual de las investigaciones.

In addition to analyse fourteen sudden infant death syndrome cases authors review main epidemiologic and morphologic knowledges, pointing out up to date investigations on the fields of biochemistry and ultrastructural morphology.