Neonatal listeriosis in Colombia, Is it the same since twenty years ago?

Abstract

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.