title: Pasteurella multocida Infection in a neonate: evidence for a human-to-human horizontal transmission.
abstract: Pasteurella multocida is usually transmitted by animal contact; however, in a significant proportion of cases, no animal exposure can be identified. Although vertical transmission has been identified in neonates, horizontal human-to-human spread has not been documented. A case of neonatal sepsis and meningitis resulting from horizontal transmission of P. multocida is described.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Pediatrics, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece. siahan@med.uoa.gr
authors.forename: Tania
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Siahanidou
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gika
authors.forename: Anna-Venetia
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Skiathitou
authors.forename: Theodoros
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oikonomopoulos
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alexandrou-Athanassoulis
authors.forename: Emmanouil I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Koutouzis
authors.forename: Vassiliki P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Syriopoulou
mesh_terms: D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D016979:Pasteurella multocida / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*