title: Pneumococcal infection in the newborn.
abstract: Two fatal cases of invasive pneumococcal disease in the newborn are reported, both acquired from the maternal vagina. The rarity of vaginal carriage of pneumococcus suggests that this organism has a higher invasion to colonisation ratio than group B streptococcus and maternal carriage or neonatal colonisation should be more aggressively treated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University of Sheffield.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Primhak
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Tanner
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Spencer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002353:Carrier State; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000401:mortality / Q000635:transmission*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae; D013997:Time Factors; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology*