Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259709999
Author: Denise G. Anderson Lecturer, Sarah Salm, Deborah Allen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 26, Problem 3SA
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The measures that can be undertaken in order to prevent neonatal meningitis.
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Neonatal meningitis occurs when the bacteria colonize the birth canal of the mother of the developing fetus. Some of the causative organisms of the neonatal meningitis are Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis, and Haemophilus influenza. Most of the mothers have the antibodies against them and so these organisms are not successful in causing meningitis to the fetus in most of the cases.
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