Neonatal Listeriosis in Colombia… Is it the Same Since Twenty Years Ago?

Case: The case is presented including maternal history, clinical and laboratory findings leading to diagnosis, paraclinical monitoring of the infection, the established treatment and outcome of neonatal death. A review of national and international literature on infectious and epidemiology character...

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Published in:	Revista Ciencias de la Salud Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 301 - 308
Main Authors:	Juan Luis Vélez Leal, Fabián Dávila Ramírez
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Spanish
Published:	Universidad Colegio Mayor Nuestra Señora del Rosario 01-05-2015
Subjects:	Listeria monocytogenes neonatal listeriosis neonatal mortality neonatal sepsis
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Summary:	Case: The case is presented including maternal history, clinical and laboratory findings leading to diagnosis, paraclinical monitoring of the infection, the established treatment and outcome of neonatal death. A review of national and international literature on infectious and epidemiology characteristics of L. monocytogenes infection, and its clinical presentation and implications during the gestational and the neonatal period is made. Discussion: neonatal listeriosis is a disease with high fatality whose epidemiology is not clearly described in the national and regional level which hinders the development of prevention strategies in high-risk groups. We suggest this infection becomes a notifiable event to allow the identification of risk factors, lethality, usual presentation and outcome of this infectious disease in Colombia.
ISSN:	1692-7273 1692-7273
DOI:	10.12804/revsalud13.02.2015.11