Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in previously healthy adults.

Fatal Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in two previously healthy adults.

Two patients, previously healthy, presented with Listeria monocytogenes meningitis within nine months of each other to a district general hospital with a catchment population of 85,000. Early disturbances of consciousness, with haematuria, proteinuria and minimal signs of meningism were similar in each. Neither responded to recommended antibiotic therapy and both died. The serological types wer...

Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in adults.

A patients with impaired cell-mediated immunity are more prone to Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) meningitis.1 In contrast to other countries Listeriosis is not frequently reported in Saudi Arabia. This may be related to misidentification of such organism, coupled with a low index of suspicion, as well as poor communication between clinicians and microbiologist. The microbiology datab...

Community-acquired Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in adults.

BACKGROUND Listeria monocytogenes is the third most common cause of bacterial meningitis. METHODS We prospectively evaluated 30 episodes of community-acquired L. monocytogenes meningitis, confirmed by culture of cerebrospinal fluid specimens, in a nationwide study in The Netherlands. Outcome was graded using the Glasgow outcome score; an unfavorable outcome was defined as a score of 1-4. RE...

Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in adults: a report of two cases.

Listeria monocytogenes Meningitis in Adults: The Czech Republic Experience

BACKGROUND Listeria monocytogenes (LM) is currently the third most frequent pathogen of bacterial meningitis in adults. METHODS A prospective study of patients with LM meningitis in a Czech tertiary care hospital, carried out from 1997 to 2012. RESULTS Thirty-one patients were diagnosed with LM meningitis, which was 7% of a total of 440 adult patients with acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) o...