Bilateral adrenal abscesses in a neonate caused by Prevotella bivia

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Mundada, Vivek B.

Affiliations: Department of Pediatrics, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK

Note: [] Correspondence: Vivek B. Mundada, Department of Pediatrics Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, NR4 7UY, UK. Tel.: +44 77 4940 6588; E-mail: vbmundada@gmail.com

Abstract: We report a case of bilateral adrenal abscess in a term neonate probably a consequence of perinatal adrenal hemorrhage caused by Prevotella bivia, an organism known to cause genital tract infections in women. Adrenal abscess is rare in the neonatal period and bilateral abscesses are even more uncommon. However its possibility should be listed in the differential diagnosis in the clinically well neonates with raised inflammatory markers.

Keywords: Adrenal, abscess

DOI: 10.3233/JPI-120356

Journal: Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 119-122, 2012