Silva, Inês and Ferreira, Isabel and Brandão, Teresa and Telles de Freitas, Paulo (2020) Pleural Listeriosis: A Rare Entity. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 7 (7). pp. 1-3. ISSN ISSN: 2284-2594
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Abstract
Listeria monocytogenes is a gram positive bacillus responsible for listeriosis. This infection manifests mainly as bacteremia and / or central nervous system (CNS) infection. Involvement of other sites is rare. Pleural listeriosis is an uncommon presentation of L. monocytogenesinfection and there is little data to guide the management of these patients. First-line antibiotics used empirically to treat bacterial respiratory infections are ineffective in treating these L. monocytogenes infections, which contributes to the progression of the infection and a worse prognosis.We present a case report of a patient admitted to an intensive care unit with septic shock secondary to systemic listeriosis with L. monocytogenes isolation in pleural fluid culture and blood cultures. The evolution of the hospitalization and the clinical outcome are reported.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Listeria monocytogenes, pleural listeriosis, immunosuppression |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Dec 2021 14:38 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Dec 2021 14:38 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/20936 |
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