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[Course of listeriosis infection in pregnancy after early therapy]

M Lütge1, B Jost-Reuhl, H Geldmacher

  • 1Abteilung f. Gynäkologie u. Geburtshilfe des Vinzenzkrankenhauses Hannover.

Due to unspecific symptoms, listeriosis during pregnancy is often not diagnosed until the late stages of the disease. After materno-foetal infection, the usual fate of the unborn child is premature delivery. We present a case, where foetal infection was prevented by early antibiotic treatment.

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