Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine

Yazarlar: Cigdem ATAMAN HATİPOGLU, Hüseyin ESMER, Şerife Altun DEMİRCAN, Ayşe ÖZCAN, Pınar GÜRKAYNAK, Esra KAYA KILIÇ, Serap YAĞCI, Salih CESUR, Sami KINIKLI

Konular:Sağlık Bilimleri ve Hizmetleri

DOI:10.32322/jhsm.723692

Anahtar Kelimeler:Listeria monocytogenes,Pregnancy,Rhombencephalitis

Özet: Listeria monocytogenes is a fecal-orally transmitted zoonotic agent, and can cause central nervous system infections such as meningitis, encephalitis, meningoencephalitis, and rhomboncephalitis in pregnant women. Pregnancy is an important predisposing condition for Listeria monocytogenes infections and infection may be severe in pregnant women. In this article, we presented a 28-years-old 8-weeks pregnant woman who was admitted to gynecology and obstetrics clinic with the diagnosed of hyperemesis gravidarum with the complaints of fever, headache, dizziness, nausea and vomiting for 3 days and diagnosed as Listeria monocytogenes. The diagnosis of the patient was made by isolating the bacteria from blood culture together with clinical fndings and detection of rhombencephalitis in magnetic resonance imaging. Antimicrobial treatment was applied to the patient, her pregnancy was terminated with medical abortion. After 6 months therapy, the clinical findings and lesions detected in magnetic resonance imaging were completely recovered.

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