Listeriosis in human pregnancy: A systematic review

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 227-236

  Lamont, Ronald F ^a,b   Sobel, Jack ^b   Mazaki Tovi, Shali ^a,b   Kusanovic, Juan Pedro ^a,b   Vaisbuch, Edi ^a,b   Kim, Sun Kwon ^a   Uldbjerg, Niels ^a   Romero, Roberto ^a,b  

^a HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemics; Foodborne; Infection; Listeria monocytogenes; Listeriosis; Neonate; Newborn; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AWARENESS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DRUG POTENTIATION; EPIDEMIC; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FOOD INTAKE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MENINGITIS; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 79959950593     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2011.035     Document Type: Review

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