Fusobacterium Bacteremia in the Newborn

Bacterial infection in the fetus and newborn.

“…During the 1940's and 1950's, the haemolytic streptococcus was gradually ousted by Staphylococcus aureus, and reports began to appear from many parts of the world describing the widespread colonization of the newborn with this organism (Forfar et al, 1953;Baldwin et al, 1957;Plueckhahn and Banks, 1958;Stenderup et al, 1959). However as recently as 1961-63 ,-haemolytic streptococci Bernheim et al, 1959;Foley et al, 1961Watson, 1957Urmenyi andFranklin, 1961 Sherman et al, 1960;Doxiadis Pavlatou, and Chryssostomidou, 1960Hagebusch and Frei, 1941Freedman and Hollander, 1967Signy and Bruce, 1932Okubadejo and Alausa, 1968Craig, 1936Kenny et al, 1966King, 1959Cabrera and Davis, 1961;George, Cochran, andWheeler, 1961 Robinow andSimonelli, 1965;Pearson andAnderson, 1967 Donald andCoker, 1957;Mathies, Hodgman, and Ivler, 1965;Ingman, 1970Berant and Kahana, 1969Seeliger, 1961Dungal, 1961;Nelson, Shelton, and Parks, 1967de Torregrosa and Ortiz, 1961Rich, 1951Smith, 1969Stiehm and Damrosch, 1966Rance et al, 1962Groover et al, 1961Bates et al, 1965Craig, 1936…”

Pharmacological Studies with Lincomycin in Late Pregnancy

“…They have been isolated from cervical swabs of 6-18% of non-pregnant patients (Bollinger, 1964;Ansbacher et al, 1967), and are frequently isolated from patients who have postabortal infections (Carter, 1963;Anderson, 1967, 1970), though these organisms were not isolated in any of the maternal deaths in England and Wales between 1967-9 (D.H.S.S., 1972). Bacteroides bacteraemia has also been reported in neonates (Robinow and Simonelli, 1965).…”