Should arboviruses be the only diagnosis hypothesis in pregnant women in endemic areas presenting with a rash?

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Maria Dolores Salgado Quintans, Angela Cristina Gouvêa Carvalho, Vanessa de Sousa Neves Guimarães, Marcelo Rodrigues Coppo, Alexandre Ribeiro Fernandes, Vania Glória Silami Lopes, Arnaldo Costa Bueno, Claudete Aparecida Araújo Cardoso
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
• Subjects: Rash; Pregnancy; Neonatal listeriosis; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0522-2018; https://doaj.org/article/b5a4cef802884eeba34e5d570621fdfc

Abstract Listeria is an unusual pathogen that causes neonatal infection with high morbidity and mortality. We present the case of a premature newborn whose mother had a rash during pregnancy; the newborn had severe early sepsis because of Listeria monocytogenes and histopathologically suggestive findings of the placenta. Obstetricians and neonatologists should suspect listeriosis in cases with compatible epidemiological history, clinical features, and examination findings of the placenta.