Severe infections in twins

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Jul;32(7):788-9. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31828a3277.

Abstract

We describe 4 sets of twins 5 days to 10 weeks of age with a serious bacterial or viral infection. The issue of the occurrence of a simultaneous infection in twins and the clinical dilemma of the appropriate evaluation and treatment of an asymptomatic co-twin of infants with a serious infection is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Asymptomatic Infections
  • Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
  • Bacterial Infections / pathology*
  • Enterovirus / isolation & purification
  • Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Streptococcus agalactiae / isolation & purification
  • Twins*
  • Virus Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Virus Diseases / pathology*