Seropositivity for Listeria monocytogenes in Women with Spontaneous Abortion: A Case-Control Study in Iran

Makiani, Mahin Jamshidi; Jahromi, Abdolreza Sotoodeh; Davoodian, Parivash; Amirian, Malihe; Zangeneh, Mehrangiz; Jadcareh, Fatemeh

doi:10.1016/s1028-4559(09)60034-6

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“…Previous studies about etiologic factors for abortion in this area of IRAN (Bandarabbas), infectious agents such as Listeria monocytogenes (Jamshidi et al, 2009), Toxoplasma gondii and Cytomegalovirus (Jahromi et al, 2010a) and also immunologic factor such as anticardiolipin antibody and antinuclear antibody and Anti ß2-Glycoprotein I Antibodies (Jahromi et al, 2010b) and Chlamydia trachomatis (Jahromi et al, 2010c) were suggested as important causative agents for spontaneous abortion.…”

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Seroprevalence of Rubella Virus in Women with Spontaneous Abortion

Jahromi¹

2011

American Journal of Infectious Diseases

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Problem statement:Recurrent abortion is a difficult medical problem happening in about 1-2% of fertile women. Rubella is of high public health importance owing to teratogenic effects that can lead to fetal death, miscarriage, stillbirth, or infants during the first 16 weeks of gestation. As there were not data about role this virus in abortion in this area of IRAN, this study was conducted to assess the seroprevalence of Rubella virus in women with spontaneous abortion in comparison with healthy women (without history of abortion) in South of IRAN in order to establish basic knowledge for future pregnancy care in this area of IRAN. Approach: Present survey basically was carried out in Shariatee Hospital of Hormozgan University of medical sciences, Bandarabbas, Hormozgan province, located in border of Persian Gulf-2005. A number of 220 women with definite diagnosis of previous abortion and 200 matched women with normal full term delivery and without history of miscarriage as controls were studied as case and control groups. All obtained sera from the case and the control groups were then tested using ELISA method for determine of rubella virus antibodies. Data was analyzed, using SPSS software (chi square and t-test). Results: There were significant differences in seroprevalence of anti-rubella IgG and IgM in the case group than in the control group. Conclusion: According to the results of our research, rubella virus is presented as an etiologic factor for spontaneous abortion in this area of IRAN.

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Seroprevalence of Rubella Virus in Women with Spontaneous Abortion

Jahromi¹

2011

American Journal of Infectious Diseases

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“…Previous studies about etiologic factors for abortion in this area of IRAN (Bandarabbas), infectious agents such as Listeria monocytogenes (Jamshidi et al, 2009), Toxoplasma gondii (Jahromi, 2007) and Cytomegalovirus (Jahromi et al, 2010) and also immunologic factor such as anticardiolipin antibody and antinuclear antibody (Jahromi et al, 2002) were suggested as important causative agents for spontaneous abortion.…”

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<i>Chlamydia trachomatis</i> in Women with Ful-Term Deliveries and Women with Abortion

Jahromi¹

2010

American Journal of Infectious Diseases

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Problem statement: There are some documents which support the role of some certain infections such as Chlamydia trachomatis in spontaneous abortion. As there were not data about role this bacterium in abortion in this area of IRAN, this study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis in women with abortion and compare it with healthy women with no previous history of abortion. Approach: This case-control study was carried out in Shariatee hospital of Hormozgan University of medical sciences, during [2004][2005]. A number of 220 women with definite diagnosis of previous abortion and 200 matched women with normal full term delivery and negative history of miscarriage as controls were studied as case and control groups. All obtained PAP smears from the case and the control groups were then tested using Immunoflourescent method for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis. Data was analyzed, using SPSS software (chi square and t-test). Results: The prevalence of positive direct immunofluorescent test on PAP smears indicating the presence of Chlamydia trachomatis was 56 (25.45%) in women with abortion comparing to 13 (5.20%) in women in control group, the difference was significant (p = 0.0001). Conclusion: This study showed Chlamydia trachomatis is an important causative agent for abortion in this area of IRAN.

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“…This could be because most mothers who reported symptoms where in their first and second trimester or because the Listeria dose ingested was high [20]. Spontaneous abortion could also be a result of infection-induced elevated T cells making the body of the mother less hospitable to the fetus [21], although there is evidence to suggest that asymptomatic cases or cases with subclinical symptoms such as non-specific fever result in spontaneous abortion or stillbirth [4]. Animal models have demonstrated that it can take as long as 9 days for the disease in a mother to progress and result in the death of the fetus [22].…”

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Pregnancy-associated listeriosis in England and Wales

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Listeriosis is a rare but severe foodborne disease with low morbidity and high case-fatality rates. Pregnant women, unborn and newborn babies are among the high-risk groups for listeriosis. We examined listeriosis cases reported to the enhanced surveillance system in England and Wales from 1990 to 2010 to identify risk factors influencing outcome. Cases were defined as pregnancy-associated if Listeria monocytogenes was isolated from a pregnant woman or newborn infants aged <28 days. Of the 3088 cases reported, pregnancy-associated listeriosis accounted for 462 (15%) cases and 315 cases resulted in a live birth. Several factors were identified as affecting the severity and outcome of listeriosis in pregnancy in both mother and child including: presence or absence of maternal symptoms, gestational age at onset of symptoms, and clinical presentation in the infant (meningitis or septicaemia). Deprivation, ethnicity and molecular serotype had no effect on outcome.

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Seropositivity for Listeria monocytogenes in Women with Spontaneous Abortion: A Case-Control Study in Iran

Abstract: We suggest monitoring L. monocytogenes seroprevalence in pregnant women at high risk of threatened abortion, and further microbiological assessment of symptomatic women for detection of L. monocytogenes and insidious infection.

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Seroprevalence of Rubella Virus in Women with Spontaneous Abortion

Seroprevalence of Rubella Virus in Women with Spontaneous Abortion

<i>Chlamydia trachomatis</i> in Women with Ful-Term Deliveries and Women with Abortion

Pregnancy-associated listeriosis in England and Wales

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