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INFANT INFECTION [4 records]

Record 1 2017-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
CONT

Perinatal infection, the most distinctive syndrome of listeriosis may take one of two forms. In the first, the infant becomes infected in utero... If the infant is born alive, signs of septicemia develop within hours. Fetal distress, pneumonia, diarrhea, seizures, and rash are common manifestations... This disease... has a very high mortality rate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
DEF

Forme miliaire disséminée de la listériose fœtale et néonatale, le plus souvent mortelle.

OBS

Le tableau clinique est celui d'un syndrome toxi-infectieux, avec ictère, hépatosplénomégalie, purpura, entérocolite, atteintes pulmonaire, nerveuse, méningée.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
DEF

Transplacental infection of the fetus with rubella usually in the first trimester of pregnancy, as a consequence of maternal infection(which may or may not be clinically apparent), resulting in various developmental abnormalities in the newborn infant. They include cardiac and ocular lesions, deafness, microcephaly, mental retardation, and generalized growth retardation, which may be associated with acute self-limited conditions such as thrombocytopenic purpura anemia, hepatitis, encephalitis, and radiolucencies of long bones. Infected infants may shed virus to all contacts for extended periods of time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
DEF

Syndrome congénital dû à une rubéole contractée par la mère au cours des premiers mois de la grossesse.

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bacterial Diseases
DEF

Clostridium botulinum infection in otherwise healthy infants, usually 3-20 weeks of age, producing the floppy infant syndrome.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies bactériennes
OBS

Rapport hebdomadaire des maladies au Canada.

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
OBS

Canada Diseases Weekly Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
OBS

Rapport hebdomadaire des maladies au Canada.

Spanish

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