Necrotizing pneumonia following cardiac surgery in a neonate.

Abstract

In this report, we discuss the case of a male neonate who underwent surgical correction for coarctation of the aorta. The recovery of this patient was complicated by postsurgical necrotizing pneumonitis that resolved completely after a prolonged hospital stay with recurrent deterioration.

• Authors: Ruqaiah S Al Tassan, Sulaiman Al Alola, Hesham Al Shaalan, Suhail Al Saleh
• Journal: Journal of infection and public health (J Infect Public Health) Vol. 6 Issue 3 Pg. 154-7 (Jun 2013) ISSN: 1876-035X [Electronic] England
• PMID: 23668457 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2013 King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents

Topics

• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Aortic Coarctation (surgery)
• Cardiac Surgical Procedures
• Cross Infection (drug therapy, etiology, microbiology)
• Enterobacter cloacae (isolation & purification)
• Enterobacteriaceae Infections (diagnosis, drug therapy)
• Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections (diagnosis, drug therapy, etiology)
• Humans
• Infant, Newborn
• Male
• Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (isolation & purification)
• Pneumonia, Bacterial (drug therapy, etiology, microbiology)
• Postoperative Complications
• Pseudomonas Infections (diagnosis, drug therapy, etiology)
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa (isolation & purification)
• Staphylococcal Infections (diagnosis, drug therapy, etiology)
• Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (isolation & purification)
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed