[The incidence of a neonatal bacterial infection syndrome with maternofetal transmission in the Neonatal Department of the Baia Mare District Maternity Hospital in 1983-1987].

In a retrospective study extending on a 5-year period, authors have analysed the incidence of the bacterial infectious syndrome with maternofetal transmission in the newborns admitted to the above-mentioned department. Among 20,674 live-born infants, 241 cases (1.16%) with diseases of an infectious character with vertical transmission were recorded. The incidence of the neonatal infectious syndrome was marked by a yearly increase, from 0.86% in the first year of the study to 1.24% in the last year, with a peak of 1.43% in 1986. The infection risk by maternofetal transmission was more than 10 times higher in the group of premature children. During the study period, of the total of 128 deaths, 31 (24.22%) were due to the neonatal infectious syndrome; of these 31 deaths, 21 occurred in premature children, hence 2/3 of all the failures were recorded in premature infants. Authors conclude that the prevention of the neonatal bacterial infectious syndrome could surely exert a favorable influence on the course of perinatal mortality and on the incidence of premature births in maternities.