A 30 year old woman with a bad obstetric history presents with fever. The blood culture from the patient grows gram-positive small to medium coccobacilli that are pleomorphic, occurring in short chains. Direct wet from the culture shows tumbling motility. The most likely organism is –
Correct Answer: Listera monocytogenes
Description: Listeria in pregnancy can lead to abortion.
Febrile woman with a bad obstetric history presents with gram-positive coccobacilli and tumbling motility is suggestive of Listeria monocytogenes.
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