Perinatally acquired tuberculosis in a neonate. a case report.

Objectives: To report a case of perinatal tuberculosis that appeared on the 21st day of life of an infant born to a mother with latent tuberculosis.

Clinical Presentation And Intervention: A preterm male infant was born by spontaneous vertex delivery at 33 weeks gestational age to a 33-year-old primiparous Philippine woman. The infant was well until the 21st day of life when he developed recurrent episodes of cyanosis and bradycardia.

Comparison between different types of surveillance samples for the detection of GBS colonization in both parturient mothers and their infants.

Objective: To find the optimum screening method in detecting group B streptococcal (GBS) colonization in both mother and infant, and to identify the risk factors that influence GBS colonization in the infants.

Patients And Methods: 1,120 singleton pregnant women were evaluated for GBS colonization by combined lower vaginal-anorectal swabs (LVRS) and urine tests, while their infants were evaluated for colonization with skin, ear and gastric aspirate samples.

Results: LVRS swabs were positive in 14.

Incidence and risk factors associated with the patency of ductus arteriosus in preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome in Kuwait.

Objective: Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is considered to be an important cause of morbidity and mortality among preterm infants. The aim of this study is to determine the incidence of PDA in ventilated preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and to evaluate the role of some antenatal risk factors on its occurrence in our population.

Methods: The case records of the preterm infants of <34 weeks gestational age, who were ventilated for RDS at the neonatal intensive care unit of Maternity Hospital, Safat, Kuwait, between March 1998 and February 1999, were reviewed.