PMID: 2495964Jan 1, 1989Paper

Outbreak of neonatal listeriosis in a regional hospital in Kuwait

European Journal of Pediatrics
S K SethiJ Vandepitte

Abstract

Six newborns with Listeria monocytogenes infection were admitted to the same neonatal unit between 31 October and 3 December 1985. The index case, a preterm baby, was born to a mother who was febrile with an influenza-like illness at the time of delivery. This baby presented with Listeria sepsis and pneumonia. Another child was born from whose mother L. monocytogenes was isolated from the cervix with the same serotype as that in the CSF of her newborn. In the other cases blood and cervical cultures of the mothers were negative, while Listeria was isolated from the CSF of their babies. Five out of six infants developed meningitis between 9 and 12 days after birth. All isolates were serotype 4b and indistinguishable by phage typing. All babies were successfully treated without any major sequelae. Although cross-infection was strongly suggested, the source of the outbreak could not be established. This is the first documented report of human listeriosis in Kuwait.

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