A Case of Listeria monocytogenes ST-219 Meningo-Encephalitis

DIAGNOSIS of LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES MENINGO - ENCEPHALITIS BY 1 REAL - TIME PCR ON hly - GENE

8 1 Département de Microbiologie, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique9 Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Descartes, France 10 2 Centre National de Référence des Listeria, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre 11 for Foodborne Listeriosis, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. 12 3 Actual Adress: Laboratoire de Microbiologie-Hygiène, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le 13 ...

DIAGNOSIS of LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES MENINGO - ENCEPHALITIS BY 1 REAL - TIME PCR ON hly

8 1 Département de Microbiologie, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique9 Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Descartes, France 10 2 Centre National de Référence des Listeria, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre 11 for Foodborne Listeriosis, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. 12 3 Actual Adress: Laboratoire de Microbiologie-Hygiène, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Le 13 ...

Pneumococcal Meningo-encephalitis. an Unusual Case.

A treatable cause of lymphocytic meningo-encephalitis.

Accepted 30 October 1996 A 59-year-old woman presented with anorexia, weight loss, lethargy, night sweats and lymphadenopathy. She was a lifelong teetotaller and was on no medication. Following biopsy of an inguinal node, a diagnosis of lymphocyte-depleted Hodgkin's lymphoma was established. Staging investigations showed pelvic and para-aortic node involvement (stage IIB). She went into remissi...

DETERMINATION OF DOMINANT SEROVARS OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES

Serovars of Lisreria l1Iollocyrogelles were determined. Sera of aborted samples (200) were collected from different hospitals in Tehran and were tested serologically by immunofluorescent antibody methods (IF tests). 137 positive sera were identified. Positive sera were tested against 12 serovars of Listeria l1Iollocytogelles separately. Titers of antibody in patients' sera for all serovars ...