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The awareness of Listeria monocytogenes as a pathogen in meningitis and bacteremia in immunosuppressed patients is high. We report a case of vascular graft infection due to Listeria monocytogenes as an example of a less well-known manifestation of ...
Beate Tanner-Steinmann, Katia Boggian
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Sepsis and Meningitis due to Listeria Monocytogenes
This study focused on the effect of immuno-compromising conditions on the clinical presentation of severe listerial infection.Nine human listeriosis cases seen from 1991-2002 were reviewed. All adult patients, from whose blood, peritoneal fluid or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) the L.
Aygen, Bilgehan +6 more
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The olfactory epithelium as a port of entry in neonatal neurolisteriosis
Listeria monocytogenes causes meningitis in newborns. Here, Pägelow et al. present a mouse model of neonatal cerebral listeriosis, and show that nasal inoculation, but not intragastric administration, leads to early brain infection in the absence of ...
Dennis Pägelow +12 more
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Currently important pathogenic Listeria species affecting animals and birds (review)
Listeriosis is one of the most severe gastrointestinal diseases in the world. Listeria affect different groups of animals and birds. The pathogen has been detected in meat, milk, fish and fish products. The disease shows spring and autumn seasonality. It
P. N. Shastin
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Listeria monocytogenes meningoencephalitis in an immunocompetent adult patient
Listeria monocytogenes infections may lead to a severe and potentially lethal disease. This occurs mainly in risk groups (elderly, immunocompromised and newborns). Severe infections in people without any of these factors are rare.
João Daniel Melo +3 more
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Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive bacterium that can be found in a broad range of environments, including soil, food, animals, and humans. L. monocytogenes can cause a foodborne disease manifesting as sepsis and meningo-encephalitis.
Bart Ferwerda +9 more
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Listeria meningitis: one case report
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2016.07 ...
Hao CAI +4 more
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INTRODUCCION: Listeria monocytogenes tiene una especial predilección por infectar el sistema nervioso central y sus cubiertas meningeas. Afecta a pacientes que se encuentran en edades extremas de la vida, pacientes con deficiencia en su inmunidad celular
Ronald Salamano +4 more
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We report a case of rhombencephalitis infection by Listeria monocytogenes in a 66-year-old man with cirrhosis. The CSF analysis indicated L. monocytogenes as the most likely pathogen. Blood and CSF culture were positive to L.
Raúl Carrillo-Esper +5 more
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