Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a less common but, nonetheless, serious bacterial pathogen
implicated in early-onset neonatal sepsis. This report demonstrates perinatal transmission
from a mother with a long smoking history who had an oral abscess surgically drained
prior to delivery and never received antibiotic therapy. This case emphasizes the
need to consider prophylactic antibiotic coverage in similiar patients to prevent
the morbidity and mortality associated with this type of perinatally acquired infection.
Pseudomonas - newborn - perinatal infection
