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A 3-month-old male infant with intracranial hemorrhage attributable to a vitamin K deficiency is reported. Vitamin K2 was administered orally at birth and then at 5 days and 1 month of age. Oral antibiotics were also given 2 days before the onset of bleeding. Although the incidence of intracranial hemorrhage resulting from vitamin K deficiency has decreased since the introduction of vitamin K2 prophylaxis, spontaneous intracranial hemorrhages are still being reported in infants. We suggest that vitamin K prophylaxis is needed especially for breast-fed infants and for those undergoing antibiotic therapy.
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Received: 17 January 1998 Revised: 20 January 1999
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Suzuki, K., Fukushima, T., Meguro, K. et al. Intracranial hemorrhage in an infant owing to vitamin K deficiency despite prophylaxis. Child's Nerv Syst 15, 292–294 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003810050397
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003810050397