Neonatal Nosocomial Pneumococcal Infections Acquired by Patient-to-patient Transmission

A case of neonatal nosocomial pneumococcal sepsis acquired by patient-to-patient transmission and confirmed by phenotypic and genotypic typing is documented. To the best of our knowledge this is the first documented case of neonatal nosocomial person-to-person transmission.

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