Neonatal nosocomial pneumococcal infections acquired by patient-to-patient transmission

  • Rimma Melamed
  • , David Greenberg
  • , Daniella Landau
  • , Sofia Khvatskin
  • , Eilon Shany
  • , Ron Dagan

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Abstract

A case of neonatal nosocomial pneumococcal sepsis acquired by patient-to-patient transmission and confirmed by phenotypic and genotypic typing is documented. To the best of our knowledge this is the first documented case of neonatal nosocomial person-to-person transmission.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)385-386
Number of pages2
JournalScandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume34
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Jul 2002

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Immunology and Microbiology
  • Microbiology (medical)
  • Infectious Diseases

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