Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in the elderly: Distinctive characteristics of the clinical and laboratory presentation

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, D. Cotugno Hospital, AORN Dei Colli, Naples, Italy. Electronic address: ppagliano@libero.it.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, D. Cotugno Hospital, AORN Dei Colli, Naples, Italy.
³ Department of Neurology, IRCCS NEUROMED, Pozzilli (Is), Italy.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesiology, D. Cotugno Hospital, AORN Dei Colli, Naples, Italy.

Comment

Pasquale Pagliano et al. J Infect. 2015 Jul.

. 2015 Jul;71(1):134-6.

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2015.02.003. Epub 2015 Feb 19.

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, D. Cotugno Hospital, AORN Dei Colli, Naples, Italy. Electronic address: ppagliano@libero.it.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, D. Cotugno Hospital, AORN Dei Colli, Naples, Italy.
³ Department of Neurology, IRCCS NEUROMED, Pozzilli (Is), Italy.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesiology, D. Cotugno Hospital, AORN Dei Colli, Naples, Italy.

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Keywords: Elderly; Infection; Listeria monocytogenes; Meningitis; Streptococcus pneumoniae.

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