Listeriosis complicating pregnancy

Listeriosis complicating pregnancy.

CMAJ © 2009 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors 1 A28-year-old pregnant woman (gravida 2, para 1) presented at 33 weeks’ gestation with abdominal cramps and fever. While the cause of her fever was being investigated, continuous fetal heart rate monitoring showed persistent fetal tachycardia with late decelerations. A cesarean section was performed immediately. A male baby was delivere...

Lemierre's Syndrome Complicating Pregnancy

Lemierre's syndrome is an anaerobic suppurative thrombophlebitis involving the internal jugular vein secondary to oropharyngeal infection. There is only one previous case report in pregnancy which was complicated by premature delivery of an infant that suffered significant neurological damage. We present an atypical case diagnosed in the second trimester with a live birth at term. By reporting ...

Listeriosis during Pregnancy: A Public Health Concern

Listeria was first described in 1926 by Murray, Webb, and Swann, who discovered it while investigating an epidemic infection among laboratory rabbits and guinea pigs. The role of Listeria monocytogenes as a foodborne pathogen was definitively recognized during the 1980s. This recognition was the consequence of a number of epidemic human outbreaks due to the consumption of contaminated foods, in...

Scrub typhus complicating pregnancy.

Epidemic Dropsy Complicating Pregnancy