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Case Reports
. 1981 Feb;57(664):77-9.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.57.664.77.

Meningitis and bacteraemia due to Listeria monocytogenes in compromised hosts

M C Maayan, C Wajsman, Y NITZAN
Case Reports

Meningitis and bacteraemia due to Listeria monocytogenes in compromised hosts

M C Maayan et al. Postgrad Med J. 1981 Feb.

Abstract

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. Immuno-suppression, 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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