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12888770

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-7-30
pubmed:abstractText
Molecular evidence of Listeria monocytogenes cross-contamination in a nursery is presented. Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b was isolated from the blood and the conjunctiva of a baby with neonatal sepsis who was born after septic amnionitis and premature rupture of membrane. Nine days later, the same bacterium was isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid of a second baby presenting with meningitis. Cervical cultures from the second baby's healthy mother were negative for Listeria sp. An in-depth epidemiologic investigation revealed that the same nurse administered routine treatments to both babies in the nursery during a 1-hour interval of time [corrected]. Pulse-field gel electrophoresis analysis of both strains with 2 different restriction enzymes demonstrated that they were identical and differ from other wild strains of L monocytogenes serotype 4b isolated in Israel. This fact strongly suggests that the second baby was infected during admittance to the nursery as a result of a hospital cross-contamination.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0196-6553
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
322-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Listeria monocytogenes cross-contamination in a nursery [corrected].
pubmed:affiliation
Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports