title: Listeriosis in pregnancy: case report and retrospective study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Listeria monocytogenes usually causes mild maternal illness, but can be devastating to the fetus.
  
  
  METHODS
  Listeriosis in a pregnant patient successfully treated with empiric antibiotic therapy is described. After induced delivery, despite severe placental infection, a healthy infant was born. Additionally, archived placental specimens with similar pathological manifestation were evaluated for evidence of L. monocytogenes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is important to emphasize the value of associating maternal data and clinical and laboratory findings of the newborn with the pathologic placental findings to get better results in the etiologic diagnosis of the listeriosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia. mbubonja@medri.hr
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bubonja-Sonje
authors.forename: Elvira
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mustac
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brunn
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deckert
authors.forename: Maja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abram
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000635:transmission; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents