Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in an immunocompetent adult: a case report
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Título da fonte: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
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Resumo: | Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) is an uncommon cause of bacterial meningitis in immunocompetent adults. Patients with immunosuppression are at increased risk of developing serious invasive diseases, particularly meningitis. We describe a case of meningitis caused by L. monocytogenes in an immunocompetent and previously healthy 34-year-old adult. The patient received treatment with intravenous ampicillin plus amikacin and made a full recovery. L. monocytogenes should be suspected in immunocompetent adults with bacterial meningitis who fail to respond to empirical antibiotic treatment. |
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Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in an immunocompetent adult: a case reportListeria monocytogenesMeningitisImmunocompetent adultsListeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) is an uncommon cause of bacterial meningitis in immunocompetent adults. Patients with immunosuppression are at increased risk of developing serious invasive diseases, particularly meningitis. We describe a case of meningitis caused by L. monocytogenes in an immunocompetent and previously healthy 34-year-old adult. The patient received treatment with intravenous ampicillin plus amikacin and made a full recovery. L. monocytogenes should be suspected in immunocompetent adults with bacterial meningitis who fail to respond to empirical antibiotic treatment.Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT2012-06-01info:eu-repo/semantics/reportinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822012000300028Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical v.45 n.3 2012reponame:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropicalinstname:Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)instacron:SBMT10.1590/S0037-86822012000300028info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessZhang,YiZang,Guo-QingTang,Zheng-HaoYu,Yong-Shengeng2021-04-07T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0037-86822012000300028Revistahttps://www.sbmt.org.br/portal/revista/ONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||dalmo@rsbmt.uftm.edu.br|| rsbmt@rsbmt.uftm.edu.br1678-98490037-8682opendoar:2021-04-07T00:00Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)false |
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Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in an immunocompetent adult: a case report |
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Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in an immunocompetent adult: a case report |
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Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in an immunocompetent adult: a case report Zhang,Yi Listeria monocytogenes Meningitis Immunocompetent adults |
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Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in an immunocompetent adult: a case report |
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Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in an immunocompetent adult: a case report |
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Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in an immunocompetent adult: a case report |
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Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in an immunocompetent adult: a case report |
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Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in an immunocompetent adult: a case report |
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Zhang,Yi |
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Zhang,Yi Zang,Guo-Qing Tang,Zheng-Hao Yu,Yong-Sheng |
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Zang,Guo-Qing Tang,Zheng-Hao Yu,Yong-Sheng |
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Zhang,Yi Zang,Guo-Qing Tang,Zheng-Hao Yu,Yong-Sheng |
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Listeria monocytogenes Meningitis Immunocompetent adults |
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Listeria monocytogenes Meningitis Immunocompetent adults |
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Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) is an uncommon cause of bacterial meningitis in immunocompetent adults. Patients with immunosuppression are at increased risk of developing serious invasive diseases, particularly meningitis. We describe a case of meningitis caused by L. monocytogenes in an immunocompetent and previously healthy 34-year-old adult. The patient received treatment with intravenous ampicillin plus amikacin and made a full recovery. L. monocytogenes should be suspected in immunocompetent adults with bacterial meningitis who fail to respond to empirical antibiotic treatment. |
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