Streptococcus pneumoniae - an uncommon cause of neonatal sepsis: two case reports

Gunasekera, GCS; Gunaratna, GPS; Sathanantharajah, R; Chandrasiri, NS

doi:10.4038/sljid.v12i1.8420

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Streptococcus pneumoniae - an uncommon cause of neonatal sepsis: two case reports

GCS Gunasekera iD, GPS Gunaratna iD, R Sathanantharajah iD, NS Chandrasiri iD

Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases 12(1) · 2022

https://doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v12i1.8420

Abstract

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a rare but recognized aetiological agent for neonatal sepsis. In the context of scarce local data, we report two cases of early-onset neonatal sepsis (EONS) due to pneumococci that probably occurred following ascending transmission during the perinatal period.

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