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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2004;89:F280-F281 doi:10.1136/adc.2003.043398
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Vertical transmission of Citrobacter freundii

  1. T J Malpas1,
  2. J J Munoz1,
  3. I Muscat2
  1. 1Department of Paediatrics, The General Hospital, Jersey JE1 3QS, Channel Islands; t.malpas@gov.je
  2. 2Department of Pathology, The General Hospital, Jersey

      An infant developed early respiratory distress after delivery at 34 weeks gestation after prolonged rupture of membranes. Citrobacter freundii was cultured from a maternal midstream urine sample at delivery. C freundii, resistant to ampicillin but sensitive to gentamicin, cephalosporins, and ciprofloxacin, was isolated from neonatal blood cultures taken on admission. Gram negative rods were seen on microscopy of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), with no white cells and 730 …

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