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Postpartum listeria meningitis

IDCases, 2020
Listeria monocytogenes is a small Gram positive, intracellular bacillus known to cause a foodborne disease in immunocompromised patients and other high-risk groups. The infection that usually is asymptomatic or resembles a mild influenza like disease, in
Claudia Colomba, Raffaella Rubino, Antonio Anastasia, Gabriele Palermo, Davide Lo Porto, Michelle Abbott, Silvia Bonura, Antonio Cascio   +7 more
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Listeria monocytogenes meningitis [PDF]

Clinical Case Reports, 2018
Key Clinical Message Tumbling motility is one of the useful characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes. This can be helpful to identify the causative pathogen along with Gram staining before the confirmatory microbiological examination.
Takahiro Matsuo, Nobuyoshi Mori, Aki Sakurai, Keiichi Furukawa   +3 more
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Trends in Meningitis Burden and Projections to 2040: A Secondary Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Meningitis remains a global health challenge, characterized by substantial regional and etiologic disparities. This study aimed to analyze recent trends, forecast future burden, and examine the influence of development status on meningitis outcomes.
Azizmohammad Looha M, Saberi Shahrbabaki A, Masaebi F, Zamani M, Zayeri F.   +4 more
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Brain Abscesses Complicating Bacterial Meningitis-A Nationwide Cohort Study From the Netherlands. [PDF]

Eur J Neurol
Prevalence, pathogen distribution, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of brain abscess in bacterial meningitis was assessed in this study. ABSTRACT Background Brain abscesses rarely complicate bacterial meningitis while their clinical characteristics and outcomes have not been systematically assessed.
Liechti FD, Drost EHGM, Bijlsma MW, Brouwer MC, van de Beek D.   +4 more
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Histopathology of Listeria Meningitis [PDF]

Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology, 2018
Listeria monocytogenes meningitis is the third most common cause of bacterial meningitis in adults and has high mortality and morbidity rates. We describe the clinical course and score brain pathology of 5 patients who died of listeria meningitis. All patients were immunocompromised and ages ranged between 48 and 76 years. Three cases were confirmed by
Engelen-Lee, Joo-Yeon, Koopmans, Merel M., Brouwer, Matthijs C., Aronica, Eleonora, van de Beek, Diederik   +4 more
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Listeria meningitis diagnosed by blood culture with fever, neurological symptoms, and no meningeal irritation signs

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
Key Clinical Message Listeria can cause neurological symptoms in immunocompromised and older patients. Additionally, it is impossible to rule out meningitis by the absence of typical meningeal irritation signs.
Masaki Tago, Risa Hirata, Yuka Hirakawa, Seijiro Makio, Toru Oishi, Masahiko Nakamura, Shun Yamashita, Yoshinori Tokushima, Midori Tokushima, Naoko E. Katsuki, Hidetoshi Aihara, Motoshi Fujiwara   +11 more
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Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in an immunocompetent 18-year old patient as a possible diagnostic and therapeutical problem [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2013
Introduction. Listeria monocytogenes is the third most frequent cause of bacterial meningitis in adults. It commonly affects persons with defective cell-mediated immunity or advanced age, and only a few patients with no underlying predisposition have ...
Vrbić Miodrag, Dinić Marina, Jovanović Maja, Ranković Aleksandar, Popović-Dragonjić Lidija, Đorđević-Spasić Marina   +5 more
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Listeria meningitis complicated by hydrocephalus in an immunocompetent child: case report and review of the literature

Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2020
Background Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive bacteria transmitted to human by animal stools, contaminated water and food. In children, Listeria monocytogenes typically affects newborns and immunocompromised patients often leading to invasive ...
Giacomo Brisca, Alberto La Valle, Claudia Campanello, Mattia Pacetti, Mariasavina Severino, Giuseppe Losurdo, Antonella Palmieri, Isabella Buffoni, Salvatore Renna   +8 more
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Research progress on virulence genes and pathogenesis of Listeria monocytogenes

Zhongguo shipin weisheng zazhi, 2023
Listeria monocytogenes is a common foodborne pathogen widely exists in the environment. Sepsis， meningitis and mononucleosis are the cardinal symptom after Listeria monocytogenes infection， also leads to abortion， fetal death in utero and neonatal death.
HAO Ge, QIAN Ying, LI Rong, ZHANG Qiao, WANG Yanjiao, YIN Jianzhong, MI Fei   +6 more
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Early hydrocephalus in Listeria meningitis: Case report and review of the literature

IDCases, 2018
Listeria monocytogenes is a gram-positive bacterium with a predilection to infect the central nervous system, often affecting immunocompromised or elderly patients. The most common manifestations are meningitis and rhomboencephalitis. We report two cases
B. Nachmias, E. Orenbuch-Harroch, C. Makranz, H. Nechusthan, R. Eliahou, D. Ben-Yehuda, A. Lossos   +6 more
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