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Neonatal sepsis with atypical presentations
Javeed Iqbal Bhat, Iqbal Qazi, Asif Ahmed, Gowhar Nazir Mufti, Bashir A Charoo
Department of Neonatology, Sher- I - Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Javeed Iqbal Bhat
Department of Neonatology, Sher-i- Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar - 190 010, Jammu and Kashmir
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2249-4847.140409
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Sepsis in neonatal intensive care units throws formidable challenges in homoeostasis, be in metabolic, nutritional or hematological. Newborn sepsis results in considerable morbidity and mortality among neonates. Due to inability on part of the neonate to develop adequate inflammatory response to localize the infection they commonly develop disseminated systemic infection, pneumonia and/or meningitis. We have described 4 cases of neonatal sepsis with localization at unusual sites. Our first case presented as a Fournier's gangrene, an infective necrotizing fasciitis of the perineal, genital or perianal regions. We also present a very rare entity of acute digital gangrene in a newborn baby as a sole manifestation of neonatal septicemia. |
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