Streptococcus pneumoniae - an uncommon cause of neonatal sepsis: two case reports

Abstract

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a rare but recognized aetiological agent for neonatal sepsis. In the context of scarce local data, we report two cases of early-onset neonatal sepsis (EONS) due to pneumococci that probably occurred following ascending transmission during the perinatal period.

Keywords

• neonatal sepsis, early-onset neonatal sepsis (eons), streptococcus pneumoniae, pneumococci, colonization