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The Journal of the Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology |
Biblioraphy Information
| ArticleTitle |
A Case of Neisseria meningitidis Septicemia of an Infant Infected within a Family |
| Language |
J |
| AuthorList |
Kazumi Shirai, Kouji Ikebe, Manami Sasatani, Shizue Hayashida |
| Affiliation |
Section of Clinical Reseach and Laboratory, JA Hiroshima General Hospital |
| Publication |
J.J.C.M.: 16 (3), 151-154, 2006 |
| Received |
June 17, 2005 |
| Accepted |
August 8, 2006 |
| Abstract |
We experienced an infant with bacteremia caused by Neisseria meningitidis, presumably a familial infection. The patient was a 3-month-old girl who had undergone an operation for esophageal atresia. She was hospitalized to our hospital as she developed convulsions following a fever, irritability and a reduced sucking. Examination on her blood cultures collected on admission detected Gram-negative cocci, which were identified as N. meningitidis. Treatment with ampicillin and ceftriaxone was started upon admission, the fever resolved the following day, and the sucking improved gradually; she was discharged 7 days later. The same genotype of N. meningitidis was also detected in her mother. The mother was administered ciprofloxacin for the eradication of N. meningitidis. This case suggests that rapid detection of N. meningitidis is important for the treatment and microbial examination of patient's close family contacts is useful for the prevention of spread of N. meningitidis. |
| Keywords |
Neisseria meningitidis |
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