Listeria monocytogenes in renal transplant recipients

Five cases of Listeria monocytogenes bacteriemia were observed from April to December 1985, among renal transplant recipients from the same hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. The patients were adults (mean age: 40.6 years), and the basic complain was fever, with no report of meningeal syndrome. Laborato...

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Main Authors: Cristina Barroso HOFER, Carmo Elias Andrade MELLES, Ernesto HOFER
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1999-11-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651999000600008&tlng=en