Fatal neonatal meningococcal meningitis. Association with maternal cervical-vaginal colonization
- 6 December 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 236 (23) , 2652-2653
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.236.23.2652
Abstract
Neonatal meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis is relatively uncommon. A case of fatal meningococcal meningitis in a 15 day old infant born to a mother with culture-proven cervicovaginal N. meningitidis is reported.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Neonatal listeriosis: Distribution of serotypes in relation to age at onset of diseaseThe Journal of Pediatrics, 1976