Nosocomial cross-infection of hypervirulent Listeria monocytogenes sequence type 87 in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To investigate the epidemiological and phenotypic characteristics and molecular relatedness of L. monocytogenes, which were cultured from the blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples isolated from two neonates.

Methods

In the present case study, two infected neonates were interviewed and epidemiological investigation performed. The phenotypic characteristics and molecular relatedness of L. monocytogenes was characterized by serotyping, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and whole-genome sequencing (WGS).

Results

The field investigation found that the two neonates were born in the same hospital (Hospital B) and admitted to the neonatal department through different channels within half an hour by different nurses, where they were weighed and pl

SUBMITTER: Li XP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7290528 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature