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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