Question: 2 A 2-day-old Full-term Male Infant Was Transferred For Admission To The High Risk Nice Intensive Care Unit At The University Hospital From A Smaller Hospital For Treatment Of Sepain Due To Streptococcus, Group B. The Physicians Concluded That The Infant Acquired The Infectes During Or Shortly After Birth From Organisms Colonizing The Maternal Genital …

2 A 2-day-old full-term male infant was transferred for admission to the high risk nice intensive care unit at the university hospital from a smaller hospital for treatment of sepain due to streptococcus, group B. The physicians concluded that the infant acquired the infectes during or shortly after birth from organisms colonizing the maternal genital tract. The mote was found to be a carrier of group B streptococci. The infant had the typical symptoms et neonatal sepsis: respiratory distress, lethargy, and hypotension. Cultures from the influent confirmed group B streptococci found in the blood. The infant was treated with intravenous antibiotics. No complications such as meningitis developed, and the infant was able to be discharged 16 days later and will be followed by pediatric home care. Principal Diagnosis: Secondary Diagnoses: Principal Procedures: Secondary Procedure: