Listeriosis during pregnancy: a retrospective cohort study

Ke, Yefang; Ye, Lina; Zhu, Ping; Sun, Yu; Zhu, Zhe

doi:10.1186/s12884-022-04613-2

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“…39,40 Premature newborns, neonates born outside the healthcare facilities and low-birth-weight babies were increasingly at risk for an early onset of listeriosis. 41 Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as the mad cow disease is a central nervous system (CNS) disease caused by prion protein. It is a pathologically transformed normal human protein affecting the brain.…”

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“…Pregnant lady exposed to a high‐risk diet and exhibiting influenza‐like illness may be identified and administered with antibiotics like amoxicillin 39,40 . Premature newborns, neonates born outside the healthcare facilities and low‐birth‐weight babies were increasingly at risk for an early onset of listeriosis 41 …”

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“… 39 , 40 Premature newborns, neonates born outside the healthcare facilities and low‐birth‐weight babies were increasingly at risk for an early onset of listeriosis. 41 …”

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Recurring food source‐based Listeria outbreaks in the United States: An unsolved puzzle of concern?

Mohapatra,

Mishra,

Tuglo

et al. 2024

Health Science Reports

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Recurring Listeria outbreaks in the United States is a growing public healthcare concern. Although no associated reported death, 17 were hospitalized out of the 18 reported illnesses in the recent outbreak in 15 US states. The United States has experienced about 30 Listeria outbreaks in the last decade with 524 Listeriosis cases and 80 deaths. The identified origin were ice cream, leafy greens, mushroom, meat slice, dairy products like cheese, packaged salads, cooked chicken, hard‐boiled egg, pork product, frozen vegetable, raw milk, packaged caramel apple, bean sprout and soya products. Although rare, Listeria may lead to serious illness (invasive listeriosis) or death. Listeriosis is critically harmful and medically complicated, especially in the pregnant, the old above 65 years and in the immunocompromised. It could cause premature birth, miscarriage or even neonatal death. Hospitalization is often necessary in the geriatric, being fatal at times. Among Listeria sp., Listeria monocytogenes is often human infection‐associated. It is a gram‐positive, non‐sporulating, motile bacillus opportunistic pathogen. Food‐borne listeriosis is often associated with frozen foods due to its ability to thrive at low temperatures. Hypervirulent strains of L. monocytogenes with an ability to infect the respiratory system (the lungs) was recently reported in the coronavirus disease‐19 patients during the pandemic. L. monocytogenes seemed to have developed antimicrobial resistance to ciprofloxacin and meropenem, possibly acquired through the food chain. An early onset of listeriosis in the newborn is evident in the first 7 days postparturition. As the bacteria colonize the genitourinary tract, majority of such cases result from teratogenic transfer during vaginal delivery. Premature newborns, neonates born outside healthcare facilities and low‐birth‐weight babies were increasingly predisposed to an early onset of listeriosis. Listeria outbreaks were earlier reported in South Africa, Australia and Europe, with an unclear origin of the outbreaks. Social media updates about such outbreaks, the most likely food source, and measures to self‐protect are suggested as preventive measures. The article deals on various such aspects related to listeriosis primarily originating from food, to ensure better public healthcare and human wellness.

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Recurring food source‐based Listeria outbreaks in the United States: An unsolved puzzle of concern?

Mohapatra,

Mishra,

Tuglo

et al. 2024

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“…Antibiotics are the most common treatment choice of listeriosis, although antibiotic resistance in L. monocytogenes has been reported over the past few decades [2]. Listeriosis is an emerging infection of public health concern worldwide that has a high incidence in pregnant women [3][4][5][6][7][8]. Infection during pregnancy can cause fetal loss, premature birth and illness or death in newborn [9].…”

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Enterocins Produced by Enterococci Isolated from Breast-Fed Infants: Antilisterial Potential

Landete,

Montiel,

Rodríguez-Mínguez

et al. 2023

Preprint

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Enterocins are bacteriocins synthesized by Enterococcus strains that show an interesting antimi-crobial effectiveness against foodborne pathogens such as Listeria monocytogenes. The objectives of this study were identify and analyze the expression of enterocin genes of Enterococcus isolated from breast-fed infants and evaluate the ability to inhibit three human isolates of virulent Lis-teria monocytogenes, as well as some probiotic bacteria. The susceptibility of the strains of L. mon-ocytogenes to fifteen antibiotics was tested, detecting resistance to cefoxitin (constitutive-ly resistant), oxacillin and clindamycin. Production of enterocins A, B and P were observed in Enterococcus faecium isolates, and enterocin AS-48 in an Enterococcus faecalis isolate. AS-48 showed antilisterial activity by itself, while the joint action of enterocins A and B, or B and P was neces-sary for inhibiting L. monocytogenes, demonstrating a synergistic effect of those combinations. The presence of multiple enterocin genes does not assured the inhibition of L. monocytogenes strains. However, the expression of multiple enterocin genes showed a good correlation with the inhibition capacity of these strains. Furthermore the potential beneficial strains of lactobacil-li and bifidobacteria examined were not inhibited by any of the enterocins produced individu-ally or in combination, with the exception of Bifidobacterium longum BB536, which was inhibited by enterocin AS-48 and the joint production of enterocins A and B or B and P. The enterocins studied here could be candidates for developing alternative treatments against antibi-otic-resistant bacterial infections. Moreover, these selected enterocin-producing E. faecium strains isolated from breast-fed infants could be used as probiotic strains due to their antilisterial effect as well as the absence of virulence factors.

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“…Pregnant women are more susceptible to listeriosis most likely due to the immune modulation that occurs in pregnancy, with a reported incidence of 3.4–16.69 per 100,000 [ 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ] compared to 0.2–0.5 per 100,000 in the general population [ 6 ]. Pregnancy complications of listeriosis include miscarriage, stillbirth, and spontaneous preterm labour with meconium-like stained amniotic fluid.…”

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Rhombencephalitis in Pregnancy—A Challenging Case of Probable Listeria Infection

Rasheed

Norman

et al. 2022

Life

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Rhombencephalitis refers to inflammation of the brainstem and cerebellum, and can be caused by infections, autoimmune disorders or paraneoplastic syndromes. The most common infective cause is the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is the predominant species to cause human listeriosis, and is commonly due to the ingestion of contaminated foods. Symptoms include a mild gastroenteritis, fever (often with extreme temperature variations), headache, and myalgia. In more severe cases, invasive disease may lead to bacteraemia and neurolisteriosis. Pregnant women are more susceptible to listeriosis, which is believed to be due to pregnancy-related immune modulation. Maternal-neonatal infection with adverse pregnancy outcomes include neonatal listeriosis, spontaneous miscarriage and intrauterine fetal demise. Diagnosis may be challenging due to initial nonspecific symptoms and low sensitivity and specificity of confirmatory diagnostic laboratory tests. Here, we describe a case of rhombencephalitis in pregnancy, attributed to Listeria, and review the clinical features, diagnosis and multidisciplinary management. Lastly, we describe the immunological response to Listeria monocytogenes and show in vitro pro-inflammatory effects of Listeria monocytogenes on peripheral blood mononuclear cells and placental explants.

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Listeriosis during pregnancy: a retrospective cohort study

Cited by 13 publications

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Recurring food source‐based Listeria outbreaks in the United States: An unsolved puzzle of concern?

Recurring food source‐based Listeria outbreaks in the United States: An unsolved puzzle of concern?

Enterocins Produced by Enterococci Isolated from Breast-Fed Infants: Antilisterial Potential

Rhombencephalitis in Pregnancy—A Challenging Case of Probable Listeria Infection

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