Severe congenital neutropenia is a heterozygous group of bone marrow failure syndromes that cause lifelong infections. Mutation of the ELANE gene encoding human neutrophil elastase is the most common genetic alteration. A Korean female pediatric patient was admitted because of recurrent cervical lymphadenitis without abscess formation. She had a past history of omphalitis and isolated neutropen...

Staphylococcus aureus is an Important agent of food poisoning. In many countries, it is the main bacterial organism responsible for diseases caused by exotoxin production and direct invasion with systemic dissemination. In poultry, S. aureus is associated with many clinical syndromes including tenosynovitis, omphalitis, femoral head necrosis, infected hock and stifle joints secondary to coccidi...

Epidemiology and Transmission 487 Staphylococcus aureus 487 Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci 488 Microbiology 489 Staphylococcus aureus 489 Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci 490 Pathogenesis of Disease 490 Virulence Factors of Staphylococcus aureus 490 Epithelial Attachment and Invasion 490 Innate Immune Resistance 491 Secreted Toxins 492 Quorum Sensing and Regulation of Virulence Factor Express...

In this paper it is my purpose to consider only those cases of septi.c~emia accompanied by hmmorrhages into the skin, the serous membranes, and usually into the liver, spleen, kidney, heart, stomach and intestines in which capsulated bacilli have been found as the only, or, at least, the most numerous and important micro-organisms present. These restrictions remove from our consideration cases ...

Objective. Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a predominantly adult disorder, with bacterial infection of the soft tissue. In children, it is relatively rare and has a fulminant course with a high mortality rate. In the neonate, most cases of NF are attributable to secondary infection of omphalitis, balanitis, mammitis, postoperative complications, and fetal monitoring. The objective of this communi...

Objective. Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a predominantly adult disorder, with bacterial infection of the soft tissue. In children, it is relatively rare and has a fulminant course with a high mortality rate. In the neonate, most cases of NF are attributable to secondary infection of omphalitis, balanitis, mammitis, postoperative complications, and fetal monitoring. The objective of this communi...

Objective. Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a predominantly adult disorder, with bacterial infection of the soft tissue. In children, it is relatively rare and has a fulminant course with a high mortality rate. In the neonate, most cases of NF are attributable to secondary infection of omphalitis, balanitis, mammitis, postoperative complications, and fetal monitoring. The objective of this communi...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of 2 cord-care regimens (salicylic sugar powder vs chlorhexidine as a 4% detergent water solution) on cord separation time and other outcomes in preterm infants. METHODS A prospective, randomized, controlled trial was conducted on 244 preterm newborns with a gestational age of <34 weeks and a birth weight of <2500 g. All preterm newborns were enrolled, regard...