Listeria monocytogenes causes meningitis in newborns. Here, Pägelow et al. present a mouse model of neonatal cerebral listeriosis, and show that nasal inoculation, but not intragastric administration, leads to early brain infection in the absence of bacteraemia during the neonatal period.
- Dennis Pägelow
- Chintan Chhatbar
- Marcus Fulde
