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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Routine microbiological testing in sudden and unexpected infant death |
Author: | Carmichael, E. Goldwater, P. Byard, R. |
Citation: | Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 1996; 32(5):412-415 |
Publisher: | BLACKWELL SCIENCE |
Issue Date: | 1996 |
ISSN: | 1034-4810 1440-1754 |
Statement of Responsibility: | EM Carmichael, PN Goldwater, RW Byard |
Abstract: | Objective: To evaluate the significance of microbiological test results in a series of infants who had died suddenly and unexpectedly. Methodology: Following a review of all cases of sudden natural death in infants presenting to the Adelaide Children's Hospital (ACH) division of the Women's and Children's Hospital (WCH) over the 10 year period between 1983 and 1992, specific evaluation of microbiological test results was undertaken. Results: There were 329 cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and 23 cases in which sudden infant death was either attributed to other conditions or was unclassifiable. Positive microbiological results were recorded in the majority of cases, most being considered to be due to postmortem overgrowth or to contamination at autopsy. Of the remaining cases, microbiological results were essential to the establishment of the diagnosis in three cases, and were a useful adjunct to the diagnosis in a further six cases. Conclusions: Routine microbiological testing in cases presenting as SIDS did not reveal occult sepsis in most instances. Such testing did, however, add support to the diagnosis of SIDS where no pathogens were isolated and, if not undertaken, would have resulted in a small percentage of cases of sudden infant death due to infections remaining undiagnosed. |
Keywords: | Humans Sepsis Sudden Infant Death Diagnosis, Differential Autopsy Retrospective Studies Infant Infant, Newborn |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1996.tb00940.x |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.1996.tb00940.x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Paediatrics publications |
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