| neonatal sepsis and meningitis in a developing latin american country. | in a retrospective study at hospital del niño in panama city, panama, 577 neonates with culture-proved sepsis and/or meningitis were identified during an 18-year period (1975 to 1992). overall there was an incidence of 3.5 cases/1000 live births. three hundred thirty-three patients (58%) were of low birth weight (< 2500 g) and 260 (45%) were premature. gram-negative bacilli, particularly species of klebsiella and escherichia coli, were responsible for 61% of infections, whereas gram-positive iso ... | 1994 | 8078740 |
| cutaneous myiasis from panama, south america: case report and review. | myiasis is a cutaneous infestation with larvae of diptera, the two-winged arthropod order. eggs and/or larvae are transmitted directly from the environment or via arthropod vectors. larvae are able to burrow into the dermis of intact skin or external body orifices. three clinical variants of myiasis are furuncular, migratory (creeping), and infestation of wounds. | 2008 | 18544297 |