Complications
Complications include placental transfer resulting in:
- amnionitis leading to early abortion
- premature labour
- septic abortion
- birth of an infected baby - with 50% mortality
Listeria can also be transmitted intrapartum via passage through a colonised genital tract.
There is no association with recurrent abortion.
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