Although a nasopharyngeal teratoma occurs but rarely, it may be a cause of acute asphyxia in the newborn baby. The tumour is often readily amenable to surgical removal. Ehrich (1945) gives a comprehensive survey of the literature relating to teratoid parasites of the mouth. He refers to the earlier publications of Ahlfeld (1875), Arnold (1888) and Schwalbe (1907) and discusses their theories re...

We reviewed the charts of neonates who received a diagnosis of conjunctivitis or ophthalmia neonatorum during a 10-year period at the Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City. Ninety-five cases were discovered, four of these were born elsewhere and were not subject to our protocol, which at present consists of intramuscular penicillin and topical tetracycline ointment (1%). The 91 cases represent an...

Over a five-year period, 1964-8, 48 cases of gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum were notified to the department of venereology in Glasgow. Thirty-seven babies were born in hospital and 11 at home. The conjunctivitis, usually recorded as a "sticky eye," developed between 1 and 13 days of birth, 36 by the fourth day.Diagnosis by culture of Neisseria gonorrhoeae was delayed in some cases up to 30 da...

In a previous paper we showed that the treatment of severe tetanus neonatorum by means of total paralysis and intermittent positive-pressure respiration (I.P.P.R.) represents a real therapeutic advance (Wright, Sykes, Jackson, Mann and Adams, 1961), and this has since been confirmed in Cape Town by Smythe (1963). Mortality rates of over 80% on conservative treatment have been reduced by this te...

BACKGROUND Cutaneous lesions are commonly seen in the newborn period and exhibit inconsistency from the skin lesions of an adult. OBJECTIVE The present study was carried out with an aim to determine the frequency of physiologic and pathologic cutaneous findings in newborns. METHODS Typically, 1234 newborns were included in this study. A questionnaire about maternal gestational history, mate...

The introduction of silver nitrate for prophylaxis of gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum is one of the milestones of preventive medicine. However, in our time an increasing necessity to review Credé's prophylaxis from both a human rights and a medical standpoint is required. The chairmen of the obstetrics and gynecology departments of the German university hospitals were questioned to learn about...

One of the most common bacterial infections that causes ophthalmia neonatorum is Chlamydia trachomatis, (C. trachomatis). Very few studies have been performed in Iran using both cell culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods to determine the prevalence of C. trachomatis as an etiological agent of ophthalmia neonatorum. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of neonatal chlamydial...

Conservative management of severe tetanus neonatorum is attended by a very high mortality (Tompkins, 1958; Wright, 1960a; Adams, Holloway, and Thambiran, 1964). Tracheostomy in addition to sedation has not been successful in preventing respiratory failure, which necessitated mechanical ventilation (IPPV) in about 90% of the patients described by Holloway (1967). Although IPPV has been shown to ...