Abstract
Objective
The aim of this study is to describe the prevalence of Listeria spp. in feces of HIV-infected and -uninfected pregnant women in Brazil.
Methods
Cross-sectional study. Women on their second or third trimester of pregnancy were submitted to a clinical questionnaire and feces collection. The feces were inoculated on selective media and identification by biochemical tests combined with PCR.
Results
A total of 213 pregnant women were enrolled: 73 (34%) HIV-infected and 140 (66%) -non-infected. The prevalence of Listeria spp. and L. monocytogenes in feces of HIV-infected women were 8.2% and 2.7%. In the HIV-uninfected were 8.6% and 2.9% (p-values = 0.98 and 0.66, respectively).
Conclusion
The prevalence of fecal carriers of Listeria spp. and L. monocytogenes was not associated with HIV infection during pregnancy.
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Funding
This work was supported by CNPq—(grant numbers: 306699/2014–1 for EH and 304476/2018–8 for CBH) and CAPES—for IGRF.
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The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira (IPPMG) of UFRJ under CAAE no. 608.313.
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Freitag, I.G.R., de Castro Lisbôa Pereira, R., Machado, E.S. et al. Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes fecal carriers in HIV-infected and -uninfected pregnant women from Brazil . Braz J Microbiol 52, 2081–2084 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42770-021-00583-3
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