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J Pediatr Infect Dis 2007; 02(01): 045-050
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1557014
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1557014
Case Report
Molecular evidence suggestive of intrauterine transmission of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A from mother to infant
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Publication History
22 September 2006
09 November 2006
Publication Date:
28 July 2015 (online)

Abstract
This case report describes an early presentation (<6 hours) of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A in a neonate born to a mother who was a carrier of the bacterium (nasopharynx, intracervical and whole blood). The neonate succumbed to the infection. N. meningitidis was recovered from cerebrospinal fluid. The isolates of the mother and infant were proven identical by multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis. The early presentation and presence of circulating DNA of the organism suggested an intrauterine transfer of the disease.