Listeriosis in the far South of Brazil: neglected infection?

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Dulcinea Blum-menezes¹  Ivania Deliberalli¹  Najara Carneiro Bittencourt¹  Carlus Augustu Tavares Do Couto¹  Liana Nunes Barbosa¹  Alessandro Marques Dos Santos¹  Gabriel Godinho Pinto¹ 

关键词: Listeria monocytogenes;    Listeriosis;    Miscarriage;    Brazil;    South America;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0037-8682-0005-2013

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Listeriosis is an under-diagnosed and under-reported infection; however, listeriosis is not a compulsorily notifiable disease in Brazil. We provide an overview of the rates of listeriosis in the United States of America (USA), Europe, Latin America, and Brazil during the past decade. We also report a case of miscarriage caused by listeriosis in which there was no suspicion of this infection. This overview and the case we report serve as reminders of the often-neglected threat of listeriosis and its potential to cause miscarriage while highlighting the necessity of recognizing listeriosis as a compulsorily notifiable disease in Brazil.

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