TY - JOUR T1 - GRoup d streptococcal septicemia in the neonate AU - Bavikatte K, Schreiner RL, Lemons JA, Gresham EL Y1 - 1979/05/01 N1 - 10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130050037008 JO - American Journal of Diseases of Children SP - 493 EP - 496 VL - 133 IS - 5 N2 - • The clinical course of 11 patients with neonatal group D streptococcal septicemia is reviewed. Two of the infants died and hydrocephalus developed in one. Group D Streptococcus, both enterococci and nonenterococci, should be considered pathogenic in the neonate until proved otherwise. The antibiotics of choice for treating such infections in the newborn are ampicillin sodium and either kanamycin sulfate or gentamicin sulfate.(Am J Dis Child 133:493-496, 1979) SN - 0002-922X M3 - doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130050037008 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130050037008 ER -