ISSN:
1432-1076
Keywords:
Defective neutrophil mobility
;
Delayed umbilical cord separation
;
Endocarditis
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract We report the case of 5-week-old male infant who presented as a ‘near miss cot death’. He had the immunodeficient syndrome of defective neutrophil mobility and delayed umbilical cord separation. He was shown to have staphylococcal endocarditis with a large vegetation on the mitral valve, and acute obstruction of the mitral valve flow may have accounted for the suddenness of his presentation. Death resulted from overwhelming sepsis with widely disseminated micro-abscesses.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02429063
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