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Perinatal/Neonatal Case Presentation

Early cystic lung disease in a premature neonate with perinatally acquired capnocytophaga

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We describe a premature infant with early cystic lung lesions and sepsis due to prenatally acquired Capnocytophaga infection. Early cystic lesions have not been described previously as a characteristic of this infection.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    A A Howlett & T L Mailman

  2. Department of Pediatrics, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    V Ganapathy

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Howlett, A., Mailman, T. & Ganapathy, V. Early cystic lung disease in a premature neonate with perinatally acquired capnocytophaga. J Perinatol 27, 68–70 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7211627

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