title: Neonatal listeriosis: the importance of placenta histological examination-a case report.
abstract: Neonatal listeriosis is not a rare disease, but it is infrequently diagnosed and reported in the literature. Herein we report a case of listeria lethal sepsis, followed by increased cytokines levels in the cord blood, in which diagnosis was made possible by histological examination of the placenta.
authors.affiliation: Child and Adolescent Health, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
authors.forename: Amarilis Batista
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.forename: Ana Maria Arruda
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lana
authors.forename: Joel Alves
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lamounier
authors.forename: Orlando
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pereira da Silva
authors.forename: Silvana Maria
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Eloi-Santos
keywords: Listeria monocytogenes; Neonatal listeriosis; chorioamnionitis; cytokine; sepsis