1. Pregnancy Complicated by Listeria Monocytogenes: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
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Serventi L, Curi B, Johns R, Silva J, Bainbridge R, and Gaither K
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- Adult, Animals, Cattle, Female, Humans, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious microbiology, Pregnancy Outcome, Abdominal Pain etiology, Chorioamnionitis microbiology, Fever etiology, Listeria monocytogenes isolation & purification, Listeriosis diagnosis, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious diagnosis
- Abstract
Listeria Monocytogenes, a small facultative anaerobic, gram positive, motile bacillus is a rare, but consequential etiologic agent of food borne illness which inordinately impacts immunocompromised individuals. The organism infects many types of animals and contaminates a multitude of foodstuffs such as milk, chicken, beef and vegetables. This microbe additionally has a distinct proclivity to infect the maternal-fetoplacental unit with resultant adverse perinatal outcomes inclusive of spontaneous abortion, preterm delivery, chorioamnionitis, neonatal meningitis and death. We present a case of Listeriosis complicating pregnancy with a subsequent comprehensive review of the literature., Competing Interests: Conflict of interest There is no conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2020.)
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- 2020
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