After 5 days of birth, a baby develops poor feeding, fever and convulsions; CSF examination shows low sugar and high proteins. The most likely cause of these symptoms:
Ans. A. L. monocytogenesThis child has symptoms of meningitis; the most common cause of neonatal meningitis is Group B Streptococcus, and E. coli. Other known causes are Klebsiella, S. aureus, and Listeria.
L. monocytogenes
Meningococcus
S. pneumonia
Leptospira
New Born Infants