Open AccessListeriosis in infants: Prospective surveillance studies in Canada and Switzerland
Author(s) -
Bahaa Abu-Raya,
M Jost,
Julie A. Bettinger,
Robert Bortolussi,
J R Grabowski,
Thierry LacazeMasmonteil,
Joan Robinson,
Klara M. PosfayBarbe,
Eleni Galanis,
Elizabeth Schutt,
Mirjam Mäusezahl,
Tobias R. Kollmann
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1918-1485
pISSN - 1205-7088
DOI - 10.1093/pch/pxab035
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , outbreak , pediatrics , prospective cohort study , sepsis , neonatal sepsis , disease surveillance , epidemiology , pathology , physics , optics
International data on listeriosis during infancy from large populations are essential to guide evidence-based empiric antibiotic guidelines for sepsis in infancy. We aimed to determine the incidence, clinical manifestations, and outcome of listeriosis in infants <6 months of age in Canada and Switzerland.