Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of maternal-neonatal listeriosis

	Maternal case 1	Neonatal case 1	Maternal case 2	Neonatal case 2	Maternal case 3	Neonatal case 3	Maternal case 4	Neonatal case 4	Maternal case 5	Neonatal case 5
Age	32 years	1 day	31 years	1 day	31 years	1 day	30 years	1 day	29 years	1 day
Sex	Female	Female	Female	Male	Female	Female	Female	Female	Female	Female
Gestation	31 weeks		35 weeks		34 weeks		30 weeks		38 weeks
Type of listeriosis	Bacteremia	Bacteremia	Bacteremia	Bacteremia	Bacteremia	Bacteremia	Bacteremia	Neurolisteriosis	Bacteremia	Bacteremia
Presentation	Fever	Fetal distress, sepsis	Decreased fetal movement	Fetal distress, septic shock, neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis, intubation	Fever, abdominal pain	Fetal distress, sepsis	Fever, cough	Fetal distress, respiratory failure, septic shock, diffuse intravascular coagulation, cerebral edema, intubation	Abdominal pain	Fetal distress, sepsis, respiratory failure
WBC (× 109/l)	15.56	1.88	16.76	12.12	24.05	9.49	19.23	4.08	22.84	16.53
Platelet (× 109/l)	154	87	214	154	216	128	182	83	175	114
RBC (× 1012/l)	3.35	4.07	3.30	3.78	4.33	4.04	4.13	3.88	4.64	4.42
Hemoglobin (g/l)	106	172	98	138	109	151	116	151	130	167
CRP (mg/l)	194	40	128	41.62	59	32	18	51	135	28.16
Procalcitonin (μg/l)	1.01	< 0.05	3.68	23.12	0.23	19.52	< 0.05	35	0.49	37.58
Culture sites	Placenta	Blood, laryngeal swab	Placenta	Blood, cochlear swab	Placenta	Blood, cochlear swab	Blood	Blood, cochlear swab, tracheal tube tip	Placenta	Blood, laryngeal swab
Antibiotic	Piperacillin/tazobactam	Meropenem	Piperacillin/tazobactam	Piperacillin/tazobactam	Penicillin	Penicillin	Penicillin	Penicillin	Penicillin	Meropenem + penicillin
Outcome	Recovered	Survived	Recovered	Decreased on day 3	Recovered	Survived	Recovered	Decreased on day 6	Recovered	Decreased on day 2

WBC white blood cells, RBC red blood cells, CRP C-reactive protein