Maternal vaginal colonisation with Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B and late onset neonatal invasive meningococcal disease
Abstract
Here we report a case of late onset neonatal invasive meningococcal disease that was vertically transmitted, with maternal vaginal swab at the time of delivery and neonatal cerebrospinal fluid culture positive for Neisseria meningitidis. Whole genome sequencing of meningococcal isolates in the neonatal cerebrospinal fluid and maternal vaginal found both Men-B ST-2506 (clonal complex 32) and identical (1 SNP difference on split kmer analysis).
Fields of Study & Subjects
Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
Reproductive tract infections research
Diphtheria
Corynebacterium
and Tetanus
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Communicable Diseases Intelligence
- Publisher
- Australian Centre for Disease Control
- Volume
- 50
- Publication date
- 23 February 2026
- Language
- EN