Staphylococcal neonatal infections Neonatal infections usually appear within 4 weeks after birth and include Skin lesions with or without exfoliation Bacteremia Meningitis Pneumonia Staphylococcal pneumonia Pneumonia that occurs in a community setting is not common but may develop in patients with one or more of the following characteristics: Influenza Chronic bronchopulmonary or other high-risk diseases Corticosteroid or immunosuppressant therapy Indwelling IV catheters for home parenteral therapy or hemodialysis Injection drug use Staphylococcal pneumonia may be a primary infection or result from hematogenous spread of S aureus infection elsewhere in the body (eg, IV catheter infection, endocarditis, soft-tissue infection) or from injection drug use.