In:
Postgraduate Medical Journal, Oxford University Press (OUP), Vol. 57, No. 664 ( 1981-02-01), p. 77-79
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.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0032-5473
,
1469-0756
DOI:
10.1136/pgmj.57.664.77
Language:
English
Publisher:
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date:
1981
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2009568-5
detail.hit.zdb_id:
80325-X
