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Clin Microbiol Rev
November 2024
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
SUMMARYBacterial infections with Group B (GBS) are an important cause of adverse outcomes in pregnant individuals, neonates, and infants. GBS is a common commensal in the genitourinary and gastrointestinal tracts and can be detected in the vagina of approximately 20% of women globally. GBS can infect the fetus either during pregnancy or vaginal delivery resulting in preterm birth, stillbirth, or early-onset neonatal disease (EOD) in the first week of life.
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November 2024
Department of Neurology, Mogadishu Somalia Turkish Training and Research Hospital.
Introduction: A postpartum headache, also known as pseudotumor cerebri, is defined as a headache and shoulder or neck pain that occur in the first 6 weeks following childbirth. Common causes of headaches during puerperium include pre-eclampsia, subarachnoid hemorrhage, cerebral venous thrombosis, meningitis, brain tumors, cerebrovascular diseases, and posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome. Pseudotumor cerebri is an extremely rare cause of postpartum severe headache with visual disturbance with or without papilledema.
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November 2024
Calvin, Phoebe, and Joan Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada.
In adults, liver-resident macrophages, or Kupffer cells (KCs), reside in the sinusoids and sterilize circulating blood by capturing rapidly flowing microbes. We developed quantitative intravital imaging of 1-day-old mice combined with transcriptomics, genetic manipulation, and in vivo infection assays to interrogate increased susceptibility of newborns to bloodstream infections. Whereas 1-day-old KCs were better at catching in vitro, we uncovered a critical 1-week window postpartum when KCs have limited access to blood and must translocate from liver parenchyma into the sinusoids.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThese case reports describe two neonates, born at term, diagnosed with bacterial meningitis and septicemia caused by uncommon organisms. The clinical presentation, diagnostic reasoning, national guidelines, hospital course, and follow-up are discussed. Meningitis is among the differential diagnoses when there is a concern for neonatal sepsis.
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