Neonatal listeriosis in Colombia, Is it the same since twenty years ago?
Fecha
2015Abstract
Case: The case is presented including maternal history, clinical and laboratory findings that led
to diagnosis, paraclinical monitoring of the infection, the established treatment and outcomes in
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 was made. Discussion: Neonatal listeriosis is a high
fatality disease whose epidemiology is not clearly described at the national and regional levels, hindering 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.
Keywords: Listeria monocytogenes, neonatal listeriosis, neonatal sepsis, neonatal mortality.
URI
http://repositorio.mederi.com.co/handle/123456789/162http://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/revsalud/article/view/3818/2745
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- Investigación clínica [389]