Suspected Materno-Fetal Transmission of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W Clonal Complex 11 Causing Early-Onset Neonatal Sepsis

Timothy Gilbey¹, Christopher McIver^{2

3}, Ulrike Brandenburg⁴, Emma Goeman⁵, Adam Polkinghorne^{1

6}, Monica Lahra^{3

7}, James Branley^{1

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, New South Wales Health Pathology, Nepean Blue Mountains Pathology Service, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
² Microbiology Department, New South Wales Health Pathology, St George Hospital, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia.
³ School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Nepean Hospital, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
⁵ Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
⁶ The University of Sydney Medical School, Nepean Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
⁷ Microbiology Department, New South Wales Health Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.

Case Reports

Timothy Gilbey et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020.

. 2020 Jan 30;7(2):ofaa039.

doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa039. eCollection 2020 Feb.

Timothy Gilbey¹, Christopher McIver^{2

3}, Ulrike Brandenburg⁴, Emma Goeman⁵, Adam Polkinghorne^{1

6}, Monica Lahra^{3

7}, James Branley^{1

6}

¹ Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, New South Wales Health Pathology, Nepean Blue Mountains Pathology Service, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
² Microbiology Department, New South Wales Health Pathology, St George Hospital, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia.
³ School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Nepean Hospital, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
⁵ Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
⁶ The University of Sydney Medical School, Nepean Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
⁷ Microbiology Department, New South Wales Health Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: blood culture; meningococcus; perinatal sepsis; public health.

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