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Table 1 Characteristics of 12 maternal and 14 neonatal cases of pregnancy-associated listeriosis

From: Perinatal listeriosis patients treated at a maternity hospital in Beijing, China, from 2013–2018

Group

Maternal

Neonatal

Total, n

12

14

Median age (min, max), y

29 (25, 41)

 

Median gestation at delivery (min, max), wk

 

29.0 (20.0, 38.1)

Underlying disease, n (%)

 GDM

2 (16.67)

 

 SLE

1 (8.33)

 

Clinical manifestations, n (%)

 Fever

11 (91.67)

 

 Gastrointestinal symptoms

5 (41.67)

 

 Flu-like symptoms

3 (25)

 

Laboratory findings

 Peripheral WBC, mean ± SD, 109/L

21.13 ± 6.55

 

 Neutrophils, %, median (min, max)

82.55 (74.3, 92.6)

 

 Mononuclear cells, mean ± SD, 109/L

0.98 ± 0.34

 

Mortality, n (%)

0

8 (57.1)

  1. Abbreviations: max, maximum; min, minimum; GDM gestational diabetes mellitus, SLE systemic lupus erythematosus, WBC white blood cell, SD standard deviation