Neonatal typhoid fever.
Three infants of Pakistani immigrant mothers developed typhoid fever in the neonatal period. All three survived, but two became chronic excretors of Salmonella typhi. The risk of an outbreak of typhoid fever in a maternity unit or special care baby unit is emphasized.
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000635:transmission; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D010154:Pakistan / Q000208:ethnology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000635:transmission*; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000635:transmission*