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Neonatal cross-infection with Listeria monocytogenes
R K Pejaver1, A H Watson, E S Mucklow
1Department of Paediatrics, St Mary's Hospital, Newport, Isle of Wight, U.K.
The Journal of Infection
|May 1, 1993
Abstract:
Transmission of Listeria monocytogenes by food continues to cause concern. Even so, this is not the only means of transmission and neonatal hospital-acquired infection has been well recorded. We report here two cases of perinatal listeriosis one of which was likely to have been due to cross-contamination in a Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) with equipment acting as the vehicle.