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M Favier

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[Listeria monocytogenes nosocomial infection in the maternity ward].

Nosocomial infection with Listeria monocytogenes 4b occurred in January 1990 in a maternity hospital in Grenoble. The 3 patients involved were born within a 24 hour-interval. The premature newborn responsible for contamination was asymptomatic. Two other newborns without any perinatal infectious risk presented with meningitis, one on the 5th day of life in the maternity hospital, the other one on the 11th day while already at home. The 3 strains of Listeria had the same serovar and lysovar. Epidemiologic investigations led to suspect a contamination in the delivery room and during the care of the children. Strict respect of hygiene orders is imperative to avoid nosocomial infections.

Cross Infection↗
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[Maternal-child transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis. A prospective inquiry in 168 pregnant women].

A prospective study was performed in 168 pregnant women in order to evaluate the frequency of perinatal transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis and to measure its effects on the child's health during his first 3 months of life. The micro-organism was detected by an immunoenzymatic method specific to Chlamydia antigens, and microimmunofluorescence was used for serological testing. Cervical smears taken at the end of pregnancy were positive in 3 women (1.7 per cent), while the sera of 37 women were positive for Chlamydia trachomatis. Altogether, 26.8 per cent of the women explored had had a contact with the micro-organism. Conjunctival smears taken from 1 month old infants were all negative, but 4 infants (out of 126) had positive nasal smears. The mothers of 2 of these had been exposed to the bacterium, but all 4 mothers had negative cervical smears. Antibody titres in 3-month old infants were 1.2 dilution on average below those found in the mothers. Women exposed to Chlamydia trachomatis are frequently unmarried; their pregnancies tend to shorter than normally, and their infants have more frequent episodes of rhinitis. These peculiarities are insufficiently pronounced to single out a population at risk that might benefit from detection of the bacterium.

Adolescent↗