title: Successful treatment of maternal septicemia due to Listeria monocytogenes at 26 weeks' gestation.
abstract: A case of successful therapy with ampicillin of maternal septicemia due to Listeria monocytogenes at 26 weeks' gestation with resultant delivery at term of a normal neonate is reported. The ability to positively influence the outcome of hematogenously acquired maternal-fetal infection is stressed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011379:Prognosis; D018805:Sepsis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000667:Ampicillin