title: [Meningitis due to "Listeria monocytogenes": small postnatal outbreak (author's transl)].
abstract: Four cases of "Listeria monocytogenes" serotype 4 neonatal meningitis are reported. In all, the study of maternal antecedents and the circumstances of their outcome as small epidemy suggest a raisonable evidence that postnatal contamination within the early twenty-four hours of life happened. A proper treatment succeded in complete healing without sequelae in all cases.
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male; D008584:Meningitis, Listeria / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D013030:Spain
vernacular_title: Pequeña epidemia de meningitis listeriósica neonatal.