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80: Listeria Monocytogenes Infections: (Listeriosis)
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Published:January 2023
"Listeria Monocytogenes Infections: (Listeriosis)", Red Book Atlas of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Tina Q. Tan, MD, FAAP
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Listeriosis is a relatively uncommon but often severe invasive infection caused by Listeria monocytogenes. Transmission is predominantly food-borne, and illness, especially with severe manifestations, occurs most frequently in pregnant women and their fetuses or newborns, older adults, and people with impaired cell-mediated immunity resulting from underlying illness or treatment (eg, organ transplant, hematologic malignancy, immunosuppression resulting from therapy with corticosteroid or antitumor necrosis factor agents, or AIDS). Infections during pregnancy can result in spontaneous abortion, fetal death, preterm delivery, and neonatal illness or death. In pregnant women, infections can be asymptomatic or associated with a nonspecific febrile illness with myalgia,...