Sung L, Macdonald N E, Hutchison J S
Department of Pediatrics, Divisions of Infectious Disease and.
Can J Infect Dis. 1999 Mar;10(2):156-8. doi: 10.1155/1999/384193.
A case of concomitant infection with Proteus mirabilis in dizygotic twin neonates is presented. The first twin presented with meningitis and septic shock at eight days of age and subsequently died. An investigation of the asymptomatic second twin revealed a urinary tract infection that resolved with antimicrobial therapy. It is recommend that when infection with this virulent organism is diagnosed in one twin, the second twin should be fully evaluated for sepsis and empirical antimicrobial therapy should be considered.
本文报告了一例双卵双胎新生儿同时感染奇异变形杆菌的病例。第一个双胞胎在8日龄时出现脑膜炎和感染性休克,随后死亡。对无症状的第二个双胞胎进行的调查发现了尿路感染,经抗菌治疗后痊愈。建议当在一个双胞胎中诊断出感染这种强毒力微生物时,应对第二个双胞胎进行全面的败血症评估,并应考虑经验性抗菌治疗。