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Listeriosis is a rare but extremely dangerous infection for both mother and fetus. This pathogen can spread in humans' bodies by consumption of contaminated food. The main high-risk groups of people for being infected are immunosuppressed and especially pregnant women. We present a case of materno-neonatal listeriosis illustrating that empiric antimicrobial therapy of chorioamnionitis during labor and neonate postpartum can also cover listeriosis which was not diagnosed prior to obtaining cultures. Keywords: listeriosis, chorioamnionitis, pregnancy, neonatal infection, antimicrobial treatment
Introduction Listeriosis has an incidence estimated at 36 cases per million per year. (1) In Lithuania, it is reported that between 2010-2016 47 listeriosis patients were diagnosed, including 9 (19%) [...]