Perinatal listeriosis. A report of six cases.
The clinical and pathological findings in six patients with perinatal listeriosis are presented. One pregnancy resulted in a live-born infant who developed listerial septicaemia but made a complete recovery following prompt treatment. The other pregnancies ended in intrauterine death. Often antecedent maternal prodromal illness preceded expulsion of a macerated fetus by only a matter of hours making early diagnosis difficult. In all cases the diagnosis of listerial infection was apparent only after the birth of the fetus or new born.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000209:etiology; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005333:Fetus / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000473:pathology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis