title: Maternal septicemia with Listeria monocytogenes in second trimester without infection of the fetus.
abstract: Two cases of septicemia with Listeria monocytogenes in two pregnant women at the 20th and 23rd weeks of pregnancy, respectively, are presented. The women had delays of 8 and 10 days from onset of symptoms to diagnosis and adequate treatment. Outcome was favorable; both women delivered healthy infants at term.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rigshospitalet University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Frederiksen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second