Listeriosis in the far South of Brazil: neglected infection?
AUTOR(ES)
Blum-Menezes, Dulcinea, Deliberalli, Ivania, Bittencourt, Najara Carneiro, Couto, Carlus Augustu Tavares do, Barbosa, Liana Nunes, Santos, Alessandro Marques dos, Pinto, Gabriel Godinho
FONTE
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop.
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2013-06
RESUMO
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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