Listeria Infection: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

listeria infection, listeriosis, neonatal listeriosis, meningitis, Listeria monocytogenes, L monocytogenes, Listeria, chorioamnionitis, premature labor, spontaneous abortion, early onset neonatal listeriosis, late-onset neonatal listeriosis, granulomatosis infantisepticum, hydrocephalus, mental retardation, neonatal sepsis, Listeria meningitis, respiratory distress, treatment, diagnosis

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Terence Zach, MD, Department Vice-Chair, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Newborn Medicine, Creighton University
Terence Zach, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association, and Nebraska Medical Association
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Coauthor(s)

Ann L Anderson-Berry, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Joint Division of Newborn Medicine, Creighton University, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Ann L Anderson-Berry, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics and Nebraska Medical Association
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Medical Editor

Leonard R Krilov, MD, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Vice Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Professor of Pediatrics, Winthrop University Hospital
Leonard R Krilov, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Pediatric Society, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, and Society for Pediatric Research
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Larry I Lutwick, MD, Professor of Medicine, State University of New York, Downstate Medical School; Director, Infectious Diseases, Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Health Care System, Brooklyn Campus
Larry I Lutwick, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians and Infectious Diseases Society of America
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Robert W Tolan Jr, MD, Chief, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital; Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine
Robert W Tolan Jr, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association, American Society for Microbiology, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, Phi Beta Kappa, and Physicians for Social Responsibility
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Russell W Steele, MD, Head, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Ochsner Children's Health Center; Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine
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