Hypopituitarism as consequence of late neonatal infection by Group B streptococcus: a case report

Hypopituitarism is a condition characterized by dysfunction of the pituitary gland hormone production. The insults of the perinatal period, which includes the late infection by Group B Streptococcus, consists in a rare etiology of this condition. We present the case of a 39-days-old infant with meni...

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Autores principales: Ferreira, Amanda Santana, Fernandes, Ana Lourdes Lima Araújo, Guaragna-Filho, Guilherme
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4489941/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26161231
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2015.20.308.6538
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author Ferreira, Amanda Santana
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description Hypopituitarism is a condition characterized by dysfunction of the pituitary gland hormone production. The insults of the perinatal period, which includes the late infection by Group B Streptococcus, consists in a rare etiology of this condition. We present the case of a 39-days-old infant with meningitis caused by Streptococcus Group B, which showed, among other consequences, hypopituitarism.
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spelling pubmed-44899412015-07-09 Hypopituitarism as consequence of late neonatal infection by Group B streptococcus: a case report Ferreira, Amanda Santana Fernandes, Ana Lourdes Lima Araújo Guaragna-Filho, Guilherme Pan Afr Med J Case Report Hypopituitarism is a condition characterized by dysfunction of the pituitary gland hormone production. The insults of the perinatal period, which includes the late infection by Group B Streptococcus, consists in a rare etiology of this condition. We present the case of a 39-days-old infant with meningitis caused by Streptococcus Group B, which showed, among other consequences, hypopituitarism. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2015-03-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4489941/ /pubmed/26161231 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2015.20.308.6538 Text en © Amanda Santana Ferreira et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Hypopituitarism as consequence of late neonatal infection by Group B streptococcus: a case report
title Hypopituitarism as consequence of late neonatal infection by Group B streptococcus: a case report
title_full Hypopituitarism as consequence of late neonatal infection by Group B streptococcus: a case report
title_fullStr Hypopituitarism as consequence of late neonatal infection by Group B streptococcus: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Hypopituitarism as consequence of late neonatal infection by Group B streptococcus: a case report
title_short Hypopituitarism as consequence of late neonatal infection by Group B streptococcus: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4489941/
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