[Listeria infection of a twin pregnancy (author's transl)].
A Listeria infection of a twin pregnancy had induced a partus immaturus at 23 weeks. One foetus died in utero of a widespread foeto-placental granulomatosis, while the other one, dying sub-partu, showed only retroplacental abcesses. The unequal extent of the infection in the two placentas -- of diamniotic, dichorionic type -- is interpreted as different stages of the same disease; it could be due to a different resistance to the germ between the two dizygotic foetuses.
D000328:Adult; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000473:pathology*; D014427:Twins; D014429:Twins, Dizygotic
Listériose au cours d'une grossesse gémellaire. Réflexions sur la pathogénie.