A Window to Life: A Rare Association of a Small, Proximal Aortopulmonary Window With Pulmonary Atresia/Ventricular Septal Defect.

• PA/VSD has always been associated with either a PDA or MAPCAS. • PA/VSD can exist in the absence of a PDA or MAPCAS via a small APW. • PA/VSD with a small APW can be managed successfully with a Blalock-Taussig shunt.

Neonatal management of prenatally suspected coarctation of the aorta.

Objectives: (a) To determine the false-positive rate among newborns with prenatally suspected coarctation of the aorta (CoA) within the UCLA Health system, (b) to compare patient and maternal interventions and outcomes between false-positive cases and normal controls, and (c) to determine the timing of clinical presentation of CoA.

Methods: We performed a single-center, retrospective case control study of all fetuses with suspected isolated CoA who underwent both fetal echocardiographic evaluation and subsequent delivery at UCLA between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2018. Maternal and neonatal medical records were reviewed for demographic and clinical data, for cases of suspected CoA and for controls.

Diagnosis and Treatment of Childhood Meningitis Caused by Streptococcus bovis Group.

Streptococcus bovis is a rare, but important cause of bacterial meningitis in children. Since its discovery in the early 1970s, the pathogen has undergone multiple taxonomic changes producing four distinct subspecies today, the most prevalent of which is S. gallolyticus subsp pasteurianus in infants and children.

Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus infection in twin infants.

Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus, previously known as Streptococcus bovis biotype II.2, is an uncommon pathogen in neonates.