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Humans , Male , Pregnancy , Infant, Newborn , Female , Listeria monocytogenes/pathogenicity , Meningitis, Listeria/diagnosis , Pregnancy Complications, Infectious , Disease Transmission, Infectious , Cerebrospinal Fluid/microbiology , Listeria monocytogenes/isolation & purification , Listeria monocytogenes/ultrastructure , Listeriosis/classification , Listeriosis/diagnosis , Listeriosis/physiopathology , Meningitis, Listeria/cerebrospinal fluid , Meningitis, Listeria/congenital , Meningitis, Listeria/drug therapy , Sepsis/diagnosis , Signs and SymptomsABSTRACT
Two cases of maternal-fetal infection with Listeria monocytogenes are reported. Both women were admitted with influenza-like symptoms and preterm labor at 32 and 34 weeks of gestation, respectively. The infants were delivered within a few days of onset of maternal symptoms. One infant was seriously ill with meningitis and subsequently developed hydrocephalus. The other infant suffered from septicemia, but had no sequelae. It is recommended always to consider the diagnosis listeriosis in pregnant women with fever of unknown origin and preterm labor.
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Fetal Diseases/microbiology , Listeriosis/epidemiology , Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/microbiology , Adult , Female , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Meningitis, Listeria/congenital , Pregnancy , Sepsis/microbiologyABSTRACT
A case of meningitis due to Listeria monocytogenes is reported. The bacteria was mainly located in brain ventricles and induced ventriculitis. The patient is clinically and bacteriologically analyzed. The greenish-yellow color of spinal fluid resembling the pigmentation of amniotic fluid by Listeria monocytogenes is stressed.
