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Listeria Monocytogenes Meningitis
Archives of Internal Medicine, 1962Introduction Listeria monocytogenes is an unusual bacterial agent in meningitis. 1-3 The majority of human case reports have been in infants, pregnant females, and farm workers. 4-10 There have been few documented reports of Listeria meningitis among the urban population in the United States. 2,11 The rarity of this diagnosis may be due in part to the
K M, CAHILL, I, RING
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Listeria monocytogenes meningitis
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 1989The history and findings of all patients with Listeria meningitis admitted to the University Hospital of Leuven from 1967 to 1987 were reviewed. Listeriosis during pregnancy or the perinatal natal period was not considered. Predisposing conditions in these 23 patients included renal transplants (9), immunosuppressive therapy (2), diseases of the ...
A, Peeters +4 more
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Listeria monocytogenes meningitis
Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1984Presented is the case of a 42-year-old, previously healthy man with meningitis secondary to Listeria monocytogenes. Following lumbar puncture, empiric therapy with intravenous penicillin was started and he was hospitalized. Subsequently L monocytogenes was proven to be the causative organism and antibiotic therapy was changed to ampicillin and ...
J A, Wilkinson, R F, Keate
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Pediatrics, 1955
A case of Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in the neonatal period, diagnosed primarily by blood culture, is presented. Recovery was uneventful. The organism showed in-vitro sensitivity to erythromycin, oxytetracycline, chlortetracycline, and penicillin, and was resistant to several sulfornamide compounds.
Bernard Selinger, Frederick P. Becker
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A case of Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in the neonatal period, diagnosed primarily by blood culture, is presented. Recovery was uneventful. The organism showed in-vitro sensitivity to erythromycin, oxytetracycline, chlortetracycline, and penicillin, and was resistant to several sulfornamide compounds.
Bernard Selinger, Frederick P. Becker
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Listeria Meningitis in an Immunocompetent Child
Pediatric Emergency Care, 2017Abstract Listeria monocytogenes is a facultative anerobic, gram-positive bacillus that is isolated from the soil, vegetables, and wild or domestic animals. Listeria infection is usually found in the older adults, immunocompromised patients, pregnant women, and newborns, whereas it is rare in healthy infants and ...
Giovanna, Villa +7 more
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Listeria meningitis in an immunocompetent child
Tropical Doctor, 2019Listeria monocytogenes is a gram-positive, facultative anaerobic, motile bacillus widely spread in the environment. However, clinical infection in humans is uncommon. The route of infection is often through ingestion of raw vegetables, meat and unpasteurised dairy products.
Krishna Mohan Gulla +2 more
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Listeria meningitis: a case study
Critical Care Nurse, 1994This case illustrates that L monocytogenes should always be considered as a potential cause of clinical meningitis, especially in an immunocompromised patient. The incidence of undetected or misdiagnosed Listeria organisms (as revealed in autopsies) is high enough that extra caution should be taken to ensure that an organism is not simply disregarded ...
L I, Mickles, D P, Mickles
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