Neonatal Listeriosis: The Importance of Placenta Histological Examination—A Case Report

Neonatal listeriosis is not a rare disease, but it is infrequently diagnosed and reported in the literature. Herein we report a case of listeria lethal sepsis, followed by increased cytokines levels in the cord blood, in which diagnosis was made possible by histological examination of the placenta.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Teixeira, Amarilis Batista, Lana, Ana Maria Arruda, Lamounier, Joel Alves, Pereira da Silva, Orlando, Eloi-Santos, Silvana Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical Publishers 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3653548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23705075
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0030-1271216
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Sumario:Neonatal listeriosis is not a rare disease, but it is infrequently diagnosed and reported in the literature. Herein we report a case of listeria lethal sepsis, followed by increased cytokines levels in the cord blood, in which diagnosis was made possible by histological examination of the placenta.

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