TY - JOUR
T1 - Meningitis and bacteraemia due to Listeria monocytogenes in compromised hosts
AU - Maayan, Mosche C.
AU - Wajsman, Cilla
AU - Nitzan, Yeshayahu
PY - 1981/2
Y1 - 1981/2
N2 - The clinical history of 3 adult patients infected by Listeria monocytogenes is presented. One patient with chronic lymphatic leukaemia developed purulent meningitis; the 2 others had chronic renal failure and were undergoing routine haemodialysis. Of the latter, one developed meningitis and the other bacteraemia after receiving 2 blood transfusions. Immunosuppression, or the underlying disease of the hosts, probably played a role in permitting the infection to establish itself. The rural environment may also have been conducive to the transfer of this particular, rarely infectious, micro-organism to these patients.
AB - The clinical history of 3 adult patients infected by Listeria monocytogenes is presented. One patient with chronic lymphatic leukaemia developed purulent meningitis; the 2 others had chronic renal failure and were undergoing routine haemodialysis. Of the latter, one developed meningitis and the other bacteraemia after receiving 2 blood transfusions. Immunosuppression, or the underlying disease of the hosts, probably played a role in permitting the infection to establish itself. The rural environment may also have been conducive to the transfer of this particular, rarely infectious, micro-organism to these patients.
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U2 - 10.1136/pgmj.57.664.77
DO - 10.1136/pgmj.57.664.77
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C2 - 6791149
AN - SCOPUS:0019462047
SN - 0032-5473
VL - 57
SP - 77
EP - 79
JO - Postgraduate Medical Journal
JF - Postgraduate Medical Journal
IS - 664
ER -