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March 1973, Vol 125, No. 3 >
Article | March 1973

Neonatal Infection With Streptomyces pelletieri FREE

Edmond A. Werder, MD; Wolfgang Sonnabend, MD
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Received for publication May 3, 1972; accepted Nov 22.

Reprint requests to Children's Hospital, Claudiusstrasse 6, 9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland (Dr. Werder).


Am J Dis Child. 1973;125(3):439-441. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1973.04160030091020.
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In a 3-week-old baby with lung infiltrate Streptomyces pelletieri was cultured from lung exudate obtained by percutaneous needle aspiration. The same organism was found in the mother's vaginal discharge. Transmission of the organism from mother to baby at birth is most probable. Treatment with penicillin and sulfonamides in both mother and child was effective. Human infections with S pelletieri have hitherto not been described in Europe.

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Bergeron JR, Mullins JF, Ajello L:  Mycetoma caused by Nocardia pelletieri in the United States . Arch Derm 99:564-566, 1969;.
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Gonzalez-Ochoa A, Sandoval MA:  Características de los actinomycetes patógenos mas comunes . Rev Inst Salubr Enferm Trop 16:149-161, 1955;.
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Emmons CW, Binford CH, Utz JP: Medical Mycology , ed 2. Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger Publishers, 1970;, pp 389-418.
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Stites DP, Glezen WP:  Pulmonary nocardiosis in childhood . Am J Dis Child 114:101-105, 1967;.
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Stokes WR:  A study of the group actinomyces with a report of a pathogenic species for man . Am J Med Sci 128:861-875, 1904;.
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Kurowska-Taylorwa A, Majewski J:  A case of intestinal nocardiosis in a child treated with antibiotics . Pediatr Pol 29:1209-1213, 1954;.
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Larsen M, Diamond H, Collins H:  Nocardia asteroides infection: A report of seven cases . Arch Intern Med 103:713-725, 1959;.
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Fono R, Csillag A:  Case of pulmonary nocardiosis with recovery . Acta Paediatr Scand 48:273-277, 1959;.
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Dolan T, McCullough N, Gibson L:  Nocardiosis: Report of two cases in children . Am J Dis Child 99:234-237, 1960;.
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Ballenger C, Goldring D:  Nocardiosis in childhood . J Pediatr 50:145-169, 1957;.
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Monserrat C:  Pulmonary nocardiosis: Report of a case . J Philipp Med Assoc 12:16-24, 1932;.
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Carlile W, Holley K, Logan G:  Fatal acute disseminated nocardiosis in a child . JAMA 184:477-480, 1963;.
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Gonzalez-Ochoa A:  Mycetomas caused by Nocardia brasiliensis: With note on isolation of causative organism from soil . Lab Invest 11:1118-1123, 1962;.
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Gordon MA:  Nocardia brasiliensis in New England . N Engl J Med 270:42-43, 1964;.
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Rapaport J:  Primary chancriform syndrome caused by Nocardia brasiliensis . Arch Derm 93:62-64, 1966;.
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Bates RR, Rifkind D:  Nocardia brasiliensis lymphocutaneous syndrome . Am J Dis Child 121:246-247, 1971;.
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Alford CA, et al:  A correlative immunologic, microbiologic and clinical approach to the diagnosis of acute and chronic infections in newborn infants . N Engl J Med 277:437-449, 1967;.
18 +
Klein JO:  Diagnostic lung puncture in the pneumonias of infants and children . Pediatrics 44:486-491, 1969;.
19 +
Gellis SS:  Lung puncture and aspiration . Am J Dis Child 122:277, 1971;.
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Mimica I, et al:  Lung puncture in the etiological diagnosis of pneumonia: A study of 543 infants and children . Am J Dis Child 122:278-282, 1971;.
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Peabody J, Seabury J:  Actinomycosis and nocardiosis: Review of basic differences in therapy . Am J Med 28:99-115, 1960;.

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References

1 +
Bergeron JR, Mullins JF, Ajello L:  Mycetoma caused by Nocardia pelletieri in the United States . Arch Derm 99:564-566, 1969;.
2 +
Gonzalez-Ochoa A, Sandoval MA:  Características de los actinomycetes patógenos mas comunes . Rev Inst Salubr Enferm Trop 16:149-161, 1955;.
3 +
Emmons CW, Binford CH, Utz JP: Medical Mycology , ed 2. Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger Publishers, 1970;, pp 389-418.
4 +
Stites DP, Glezen WP:  Pulmonary nocardiosis in childhood . Am J Dis Child 114:101-105, 1967;.
5 +
Stokes WR:  A study of the group actinomyces with a report of a pathogenic species for man . Am J Med Sci 128:861-875, 1904;.
6 +
Kurowska-Taylorwa A, Majewski J:  A case of intestinal nocardiosis in a child treated with antibiotics . Pediatr Pol 29:1209-1213, 1954;.
7 +
Larsen M, Diamond H, Collins H:  Nocardia asteroides infection: A report of seven cases . Arch Intern Med 103:713-725, 1959;.
8 +
Fono R, Csillag A:  Case of pulmonary nocardiosis with recovery . Acta Paediatr Scand 48:273-277, 1959;.
9 +
Dolan T, McCullough N, Gibson L:  Nocardiosis: Report of two cases in children . Am J Dis Child 99:234-237, 1960;.
10 +
Ballenger C, Goldring D:  Nocardiosis in childhood . J Pediatr 50:145-169, 1957;.
11 +
Monserrat C:  Pulmonary nocardiosis: Report of a case . J Philipp Med Assoc 12:16-24, 1932;.
12 +
Carlile W, Holley K, Logan G:  Fatal acute disseminated nocardiosis in a child . JAMA 184:477-480, 1963;.
13 +
Gonzalez-Ochoa A:  Mycetomas caused by Nocardia brasiliensis: With note on isolation of causative organism from soil . Lab Invest 11:1118-1123, 1962;.
14 +
Gordon MA:  Nocardia brasiliensis in New England . N Engl J Med 270:42-43, 1964;.
15 +
Rapaport J:  Primary chancriform syndrome caused by Nocardia brasiliensis . Arch Derm 93:62-64, 1966;.
16 +
Bates RR, Rifkind D:  Nocardia brasiliensis lymphocutaneous syndrome . Am J Dis Child 121:246-247, 1971;.
17 +
Alford CA, et al:  A correlative immunologic, microbiologic and clinical approach to the diagnosis of acute and chronic infections in newborn infants . N Engl J Med 277:437-449, 1967;.
18 +
Klein JO:  Diagnostic lung puncture in the pneumonias of infants and children . Pediatrics 44:486-491, 1969;.
19 +
Gellis SS:  Lung puncture and aspiration . Am J Dis Child 122:277, 1971;.
20 +
Mimica I, et al:  Lung puncture in the etiological diagnosis of pneumonia: A study of 543 infants and children . Am J Dis Child 122:278-282, 1971;.
21 +
Peabody J, Seabury J:  Actinomycosis and nocardiosis: Review of basic differences in therapy . Am J Med 28:99-115, 1960;.

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