Infection in newborn siblings.
Two newborn siblings, one with meningitis and one with sepsis due to Listeria monocytogenes, were born to a healthy, 33-year-old woman. She had had a spontaneous abortion prior to the birth of these infants. In spite of negative cultures, persistence of this bacterium in the mother's genital tract and perinatal acquisition of infection is suspected.
D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008584:Meningitis, Listeria / Q000382:microbiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology