I am working with a mom of a full-term 7 day old baby (7#12oz.).  Baby is
very lethargic and continues to be NPO.  On day 5 mom complained of
extreme pain due to several small blisters on her nipples.  Baby has
never been put to breast.  Blisters appear as water blisters and we sent
a swab to be cultured.  Results were positive for Herpes Simplex Virus.
Mom unaware of ever having herpes.  The lab cultured mom's milk which
detected the bacteria listeria.  I have never encountered either of these
situations when dealing with a neonate.  Could the baby have contracted
listeria in utero?   This info came back on Friday close to 5:00 and I
was not able to discuss personally with the neonatologist.  I am worried
about the baby as is the neonatologist but as far as I know no treatment
as been started.  Any advise????  I am new to Lactnet and have searched
the archives to no avail.  Thank you very much for any help or direction
you can provide.



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