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8 results for group b streptococcal infection

QLDhospital2018-09-21

Baby M

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…

obstetricsmidwiferydiagnosticmedicationantibiotics
WAhome2015-06-08

Inquest into the Death of Baby C

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…

midwiferyobstetricsdiagnosticdelay
SAhospital2010-06-03

Coroner's Finding: PROMNITZ Aileen Dawn

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…

emergency medicineinfectious diseasesdelaysystem
VIChospital2015-07-15

Finding into death of Baby Mabel Windmill

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…

obstetricsanaesthesiadiagnosticmedicationbenzylpenicillin
QLDhospital2014-12-08

Gulliver, Graeme Barry; Harrison, Joanne Lee; Morten, Aileen Margaret

21y · Male·Sepsis caused by Leptospirosis (Graeme Gulliver); Group A streptococcal meningit…

Three young patients died from severe bacterial infections at rural Queensland hospitals (Mossman and Atherton). All three received delayed diagnoses and treatmen…

emergency medicineinfectious diseasesdiagnosticsystem
VIChospital2020-05-21

Finding into death of Baby S

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…

obstetricspaediatricscommunicationsystembenzylpenicillin
WAhospital2010-03-03

Inquest into the Death of McLevie

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…

obstetricsmidwiferydiagnosticcommunicationparacetamol/codeine
WAhospital2010-01

Inquest into the Death of West

8y · Male·Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy resulting from asphyxiation due to co-sleeping …

Nathaniel West, an 8-day-old Aboriginal newborn, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following accidental asphyxiation due to co-sleeping (bed-sharing) with his mother at Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital on 4 May 2006…

neonatologyintensive caresystemcommunicationmetronidazole

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