Listeria monocytogenes infection in pregnancy and neonatal sepsis


Submitted: 17 February 2014
Accepted: 17 February 2014
Published: 30 June 2008
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Authors report a fatal neonatal sepsis caused by Listeria monocytogenes. While the diagnostic procedure aimed to identify the microrganism is described, it is emphasized the importance to recover Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) and L. monocytogenes by means of vaginal-rectal swab culture. The intrapartum screening for L. monocytogenes, by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) providing results in 75 minutes is also evaluated.

Pascale, F., Rondinelli, V., Focarelli, V., Saraceno, R., Colosimo, M., Giglio, S., Pascale, M. G., Iiritano, N., Caruso, G., Marino, A., Caligiuri, F., Fabiano, G., Dragone, M., Mazzei, U., & Masciari, R. (2008). Listeria monocytogenes infection in pregnancy and neonatal sepsis. Microbiologia Medica, 23(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2008.2582

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