title: Neonatal nosocomial pneumococcal infections acquired by patient-to-patient transmission.
abstract: A case of neonatal nosocomial pneumococcal sepsis acquired by patient-to-patient transmission and confirmed by phenotypic and genotypic typing is documented. To the best of our knowledge this is the first documented case of neonatal nosocomial person-to-person transmission.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. rimmam@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
authors.forename: Rimma
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Melamed
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: Daniella
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Landau
authors.forename: Sofia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khvatskin
authors.forename: Eilon
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shany
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dagan
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*