“…Among reports of concurrent bacteremia in the mother and neonate are cases caused by H. influenzae type b [331], H. parainfluenzae [208], S. pneumoniae [58,332], group A streptococcus [42], N. meningitidis [182], Citrobacter species [333], and Morganella morgagnii [334]; concurrent cases of meningitis have been reported as caused by S. pneumoniae [335], N. meningitidis [182], and GBS [336]. Transplacental hematogenous infection during or shortly before delivery (including the period of separation of the placenta) is possible, although it is more likely that the infant is infected just before or during passage through the birth canal.…”