Complications
Complication
Timeframe
Likelihood
short term
high
Septic abortion is due to chorioamnionitis or trans-placental transmission, with the generalised formation of micro-abscesses in the embryo and death (granulomatosis infantiseptica).
In one national observational cohort study, almost one quarter of women experienced fetal loss.[59]
short term
low
Complication of listerial endocarditis.
long term
medium
About one third of patients with listerial meningitis develop some degree of residual neurological complication.[1]
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