Etiology of most common bacterial infections of the neonate. Congenital and postnatal bronchopneumonia

Abstract

Bacterial infections in neonates have different classifications; these can be vertical or horizontal, being diverse (sepsis, meningitis, pneumonia, cutaneous infections). Transmission of the infectious agent is done either by ascending or by contact. Horizontal transmission infections are nosocomial infections that are caused by microorganisms located in the Services of Neonatology. Its form of acquisition can be congenital and postnatal. Sepsis and Connatal Meningitis are the most common germs, such as Group B Streptococcus, Listeria monocytogenes and escherichia coli, and postnatal bronchopneumonia in most cases is caused by gram-negative germs and sometimes by Staphilococcus aureus or epidermidis. In this paper we summarize some reflections of bacterial infections in newborns.