Pleural Listeriosis: A Rare Entity
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. monocytogenes infection and there i...
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| author | Maria Inês Silva Isabel Ferreira Teresa Brandão Paulo Telles de Freitas |
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| description | 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. monocytogenes infection 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-edf550d4d7384189b379710844cc19502022-12-21T18:54:16ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942020-04-0110.12890/2020_0014911147Pleural Listeriosis: A Rare EntityMaria Inês Silva0Isabel Ferreira1Teresa Brandão2Paulo Telles de Freitas3Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Prof. Dr. Fernando Fonseca EPE, Amadora, PortugalIntensive Care Departement, Hospital Prof. Dr. Fernando Fonseca EPE, Amadora, PortugalIntensive Care Departement, Hospital Prof. Dr. Fernando Fonseca EPE, Amadora, PortugalIntensive Care Departement, Hospital Prof. Dr. Fernando Fonseca EPE, Amadora, PortugalListeria 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. monocytogenes infection 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.https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1491listeria monocytogenespleural listeriosisimmunosuppression |
| spellingShingle | Maria Inês Silva Isabel Ferreira Teresa Brandão Paulo Telles de Freitas Pleural Listeriosis: A Rare Entity European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine listeria monocytogenes pleural listeriosis immunosuppression |
| title | Pleural Listeriosis: A Rare Entity |
| title_full | Pleural Listeriosis: A Rare Entity |
| title_fullStr | Pleural Listeriosis: A Rare Entity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pleural Listeriosis: A Rare Entity |
| title_short | Pleural Listeriosis: A Rare Entity |
| title_sort | pleural listeriosis a rare entity |
| topic | listeria monocytogenes pleural listeriosis immunosuppression |
| url | https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1491 |
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