Division Clinical criteria

Any person with at least one of the following three:

• Listeriosis of newborns defined as

  Stillbirth

  OR

  At least one of the following five in the first month of life:

  • Granulomatosis infantiseptica

  • Meningitis or meningoencephalitis

  • Septicaemia

  • Dyspnoea

  • Lesions on skin, mucosal membranes or conjunctivae

• Listeriosis in pregnancy defined as at least one of the following three:

  • Abortion, miscarriage, stillbirth or premature birth

  • Fever

  • Influenza-like symptoms

• Other form of listeriosis defined as at least one of the following four:

  • Fever

  • Meningitis or meningoencephalitis

  • Septicaemia

  • isLocalised infections such as arthritis, endocarditis, and abscesses