Listeriosis During Pregnancy and in Newborns: 18 Years of Data From a Large Tertiary Hospital in Singapore | Zendy

Eleah N Vidal | Zendy; Victor Samuel Rajadurai | Zendy; Amudha Jayanthi Anand | Zendy; Suresh Chandran | Zendy

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Listeriosis During Pregnancy and in Newborns: 18 Years of Data From a Large Tertiary Hospital in Singapore

Author(s) -

Eleah N Vidal,

Victor Samuel Rajadurai,

Amudha Jayanthi Anand,

Suresh Chandran

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of the pediatric infectious diseases society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 2048-7207

pISSN - 2048-7193

DOI - 10.1093/jpids/piz059

Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , amniotic fluid , obstetrics , pregnancy , meconium , retrospective cohort study , fetus , pediatrics , physics , biology , optics , genetics

A 20-year retrospective review at a tertiary hospital in Singapore identified 11 cases of perinatal listeriosis in maternal–fetal pairs (incidence, 4.8 cases per 100 000 live births). Fever, meconium-stained amniotic fluid, and fetal akinesia during the third trimester were associated with listeriosis. In this study early directed antibiotic therapy resulted in favorable outcomes.

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