TY - JOUR
T1 - Listeriosis during pregnancy
T2 - A case series and review of 222 cases
AU - Mylonakis, Eleftherios
AU - Paliou, Maria
AU - Hohmann, Elizabeth L.
AU - Calderwood, Stephen B.
AU - Wing, Edward J.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Pregnant women have an increased incidence of listeriosis. We identified 11 patients with perinatal listeriosis who were treated at 4 hospitals in New England during a 10-year period. We also reviewed the English-language literature on perinatal listeriosis (January 1980-July 2000) and identified 222 previously reported cases. Most pregnant women with listeriosis had no additional predisposing factors. Fever was the most common symptom, and more than 30% of patients presented with a flu-like syndrome. In one-fifth of cases, pregnancy resulted in spontaneous abortion or stillbirth. Among the remaining 142 cases, 97 (68.3%) neonates were infected by Listeria. Infected neonates were most commonly diagnosed with pneumonia, bacteremia/sepsis, or meningitis. Meningitis alone, or in combination with bacteremia/sepsis or pneumonia, was associated with a worse prognosis.
AB - Pregnant women have an increased incidence of listeriosis. We identified 11 patients with perinatal listeriosis who were treated at 4 hospitals in New England during a 10-year period. We also reviewed the English-language literature on perinatal listeriosis (January 1980-July 2000) and identified 222 previously reported cases. Most pregnant women with listeriosis had no additional predisposing factors. Fever was the most common symptom, and more than 30% of patients presented with a flu-like syndrome. In one-fifth of cases, pregnancy resulted in spontaneous abortion or stillbirth. Among the remaining 142 cases, 97 (68.3%) neonates were infected by Listeria. Infected neonates were most commonly diagnosed with pneumonia, bacteremia/sepsis, or meningitis. Meningitis alone, or in combination with bacteremia/sepsis or pneumonia, was associated with a worse prognosis.
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U2 - 10.1097/00005792-200207000-00002
DO - 10.1097/00005792-200207000-00002
M3 - Article
C2 - 12169881
AN - SCOPUS:0036318369
VL - 81
SP - 260
EP - 269
JO - Medicine (United States)
JF - Medicine (United States)
SN - 0025-7974
IS - 4
ER -