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  • Title: Nosocomial meningitis in neonates caused by Streptococcus agalactiae.
    Author: Rudinsky B, Ondrusova A, Bauer F, Benca J, Huttova M.
    Journal: Neuro Endocrinol Lett; 2007 Jun; 28 Suppl 2():30-1. PubMed ID: 17558374.
    Abstract:
    Streptococcus agalactiae is a rare cause of neonatal meningitis in the era of peripartum prophylaxis with prophylaxis with ampicillin in colonized/infected mothers. However 5 cases of meningitis among 171 cases of pediatric nosocomial meningitis database within last 15 years occurred. All 5 children were neonates (one VLBW and early gestation newborn), 2 after neurosurgery. All 5 cases were successfully cured with a combination of cefotaxim (or ceftazidim) plus aminoglycosides, in one case also with addition of vancomycin or ampicillin. However 3 of 5 cured patients had neurologic sequellae, two of them reversible hydrocephalus and in speech retardation.
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