13 results for “group b streptococcus infection”
1y · Male·Pneumonia (early-onset, caused by Group B Streptococcus)
Baby XR died at one day old from early-onset pneumonia caused by Group B Streptococcus (GBS) acquired during vaginal delivery. The mother had known GBS colonisation and received…
1y · Female·Neonatal pneumonia, meconium aspiration and chorioamnionitis secondary to prolon…
…d labour in a hired plastic birthing pool. The mother had no antenatal care, no midwifery support, and her Group B Streptococcus status was unknown. Autopsy revealed neonatal pneumonia from meconium aspiration, chorioam…
0y · Female·Group B Streptococcus infection
A 7-hour-old neonate died from early-onset Group B Streptococcus (GBS) infection contracted during labour. The mother's GBS screening test at 35-37 weeks g…
0y · Female·Group B Streptococcus meningitis and sepsis
An 18-day-old baby died from late-onset Group B Streptococcus (GBS) meningitis and sepsis. She was born at a regional private hospital after labour comp…
79y · Female·Sepsis due to urinary tract infection with Group B streptococci
A 79-year-old nursing home resident died of sepsis from urinary tract infection with Group B streptococci after waiting 6 hours in the Emergency Department without being seen by a doct…
0y · Female·Severe hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy due to brain injury from complicated assi…
Lucy Margaret Campbell died eight days after birth from severe hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy following complicated assisted vaginal birth at Ingham Hospital. Her mother had a low-risk pregnancy complicated by spontaneo…
0y · Female·Congenital Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B) pneumonia in the setting of compli…
…n a moribund state following emergency caesarean section after complicated labour and died from congenital Group B streptococcal pneumonia. The inquest identified several suboptimal clinical management decisions. Despit…
0y · Female·Intracranial and intrapulmonary haemorrhage due to traumatic head injury from fa…
… from intracranial and intrapulmonary haemorrhage due to traumatic head injury from a fall, complicated by Group B Streptococcal sepsis. A nurse fell while carrying the newborn to another resuscitation table after the p…
0y · Female·respiratory failure due to congenital pneumonia with hyaline membrane disease ca…
…neonate born at 35 weeks gestation, died from respiratory failure due to congenial pneumonia caused by streptococcus pneumoniae. The maternal high vaginal swab taken one week before delivery was positive for streptococc…
38y · Female·Streptococcus Group A Septicaemia (Post Partum-Puerperal Sepsis)
Susannah McLevie, a 38-year-old woman, died on 6 April 2006 from untreated Group A Streptococcal septicaemia (puerperal sepsis) following childbirth at Osborne Park Hospital. She develope…
0y · Male·Group B Streptococcal infection and meconium aspiration with early bronchopneumo…
A newborn died of Group B Streptococcal (GBS) infection and meconium aspiration bronchopneumonia less than three hours after plann…
Female·Sepsis in the setting of a lotus birth
… inflammation. Key lessons: alternative birth practices (lotus birth, vaginal seeding) carry significant infection risk, particularly when maternal GBS status is unknown; early recognition of sepsis signs in high-risk n…
0y · Female·Complications of ascending uterine infection (Klebsiella pneumoniae) in the sett…
Mia Rose Iskander died at 8 hours of age from ascending uterine infection (Klebsiella pneumoniae) with chorioamnionitis following maternal premature pre-labour rupture of membran…
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