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Extrahepatic complications of liver transplantation. [PDF]
, 1985 The massive surgical assault associated with hepatic transplantation makes a high frequency of complications almost inevitable. In this review of 225 patient records, selected at random from cases of liver transplantation in Pittsburgh over a 2 1/2 year ...
Shaw, BW, Starzl, TE, Wood, RP
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Atypical Listeria innocua strains possess an intact LIPI-3 [PDF]
, 2014 peer-reviewedBackground: Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne pathogen which is the causative agent of listeriosis and can be divided into three evolutionary lineages I, II and III.
Clayton, Evelyn M +5 more
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Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2018 Background Listeria monocytogenes is a gram-positive bacteria generally transmitted to humans through ingestion of contaminated food. It typically infects high risk subjects, such as pregnant women, neonates, the elderly and immunocompromised patients ...
Massimo Luca Castellazzi +2 more
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Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in elderly patient
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana, 2020 Listeria monocytogenes meningitis is a serious and life-threatening disease. It is the third cause of bacterial meningitis, despite being rare. Newborns, elderly, pregnant women and immunocompromised patients are the most affected population.
Rolando Vásquez Alva +3 more
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EClinicalMedicine, 2023 Summary: Background: A French cohort study described a detrimental effect of adjunctive dexamethasone treatment in listeria meningitis. Based on these results guidelines recommend not to use dexamethasone if L.
Matthijs C. Brouwer +1 more
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From the microbiome to the central nervous system, an update on the epidemiology and pathogenesis of bacterial meningitis in childhood [version 1; referees: 3 approved] [PDF]
, 2017 In the past century, advances in antibiotics and vaccination have dramatically altered the incidence and clinical outcomes of bacterial meningitis. We review the shifting epidemiology of meningitis in children, including after the implementation of ...
Janowski, Andrew B, Newland, Jason G
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Brain abscess following rituximab infusion in a patient with pemphigus vulgaris. [PDF]
, 2015 BackgroundImmunocompromised patients are at increased risk for developing meningitis or, rarely, brain abscess with opportunistic organisms like Listeria monocytogenes.Case reportA 52 year-old Saudi Arabian woman who was diagnosed with pemphigus vulgaris
Al-Harbi, Talal M +2 more
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A case of meningoencephalitis caused by in a healthy child [PDF]
Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2010 Listeria monocytogenes is a facultative anaerobic, gram-positive bacillus that is isolated from the soil, vegetables, and wild or domestic animals. Listeria occurs predominantly in the elderly, immunocompromised patients, pregnant women and newborns ...
Ji Eun Lee +5 more
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Prevalence, Pathogenicity, Virulence, Antibiotic Resistance, and Phylogenetic Analysis of Biofilm-Producing Listeria monocytogenes Isolated from Different Ecological Niches in Egypt: Food, Humans, Animals, and Environment [PDF]
, 2019 Serious outbreaks of foodborne disease have been caused by Listeria monocytogenes found in retail delicatessens and the severity of disease is significant, with high hospitalization and mortality rates.
Fox, Edward M. +4 more
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Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2015 A previously healthy 74-year-old Caucasian man with penicillin allergy was admitted with evolving headache, confusion, fever, and neck stiffness. Treatment for bacterial meningitis with dexamethasone and monotherapy ceftriaxone was started.
Shahin Gaini +5 more
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