Report of Neonatal Meningitis Due to Salmonella enterica Serotype Agona and Review of Breast Milk-Associated Neonatal Salmonella Infections

We present the first documented case of Salmonella enterica serotype Agona meningitis in a 6-day-old baby. S. enterica serotype Agona was isolated concurrently from infant cerebrospinal fluid and parental fecal samples, and Salmonella was isolated from breast milk. The role of breast milk in transmi...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2009-09, Vol.47 (9), p.3045-3049
Main Authors: Cooke, Fiona J, Ginwalla, Sara, Hampton, Michael D, Wain, John, Ross-Russell, Robert, Lever, Andrew, Farrington, Mark
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Case Reports
Cerebrospinal Fluid - microbiology
DNA Fingerprinting
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Feces - microbiology
Female
Genotype
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
Meningitis, Bacterial - diagnosis
Meningitis, Bacterial - microbiology
Milk, Human - microbiology
Molecular Epidemiology
Salmonella enterica
Salmonella enterica - classification
Salmonella enterica - isolation & purification
Salmonella Infections - diagnosis
Salmonella Infections - microbiology
Serotyping
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:We present the first documented case of Salmonella enterica serotype Agona meningitis in a 6-day-old baby. S. enterica serotype Agona was isolated concurrently from infant cerebrospinal fluid and parental fecal samples, and Salmonella was isolated from breast milk. The role of breast milk in transmission of Salmonella enterica is discussed.
ISSN:0095-1137
1098-660X
DOI:10.1128/JCM.01064-09