pediatrics
Neonatal Listeriosis
Symptoms and Signs of Neonatal Listeriosis
Infections in pregnant women may be asymptomatic or characterized by a primary bacteremia manifesting first as a nonspecific flu-like illness. In the fetus and neonate, clinical presentation depends on the timing and route of infection. Abortion, premature delivery with amnionitis (with a characteristic brown, murky amniotic fluid), stillbirth, or Symptoms and Signs is common. Infection may be apparent within hours or days of birth (early onset) or it may be delayed up to several weeks (delayed onset). Neonates with early-onset disease frequently are of low birth weight, have associated obstetric complications, and show evidence of sepsis soon after birth with circulatory or respiratory insufficiency or both. Neonates with the delayed-onset form are usually full-term, previously healthy neonates presenting with Neonatal Bacterial Meningitis or 