listeriosis/fever

Serological examinations of slaughtered animals (76 cattle and 184 goats) in the slaughter-house of Colombo/Sri Lanka revealed antibodies against Listeriosis, Brucellosis, Q-fever, RMSF-Rickettsia-group, Echinococcus and Adenoviruses. As the results show, part of this zooanthroponosis has a role to

METHODS A 58-year-old man was admitted because of septic fever for about one week with onset two weeks after an hemorrhoidectomy. He had been receiving methotrexate (MTX) since boyhood for severe psoriasis. Fifteen years before he had undergone a splenectomy after abdominal trauma. The patient was

First serological investigations among domestic animals (donkey, goat, sheep, swine, dog) and rats (Rattus norvegicus) carried out in the surroundings of persons from waste disposal sites in Cairo indicate the occurrence of listeriosis, Q fever and brucellosis.

We present two patients with colorectal carcinoma who were admitted with fever and diarrhoea during treatment with chemotherapy. Blood cultures taken from both patients revealed an infection with Listeria monocytogenes. A contaminated ice cream was probably the source of infection in one patient.

Fever of unknown origin in the pregnant woman presents special diagnostic, therapeutic, and obstetric problems. Two such clinically ill, febrile third-trimester patients, one presenting with maternal septicemia and transplacental fetal listeriosis and the other with borreliosis, are discussed.

Listeriosis is a rare cause of fever of unknown origin in patients with oral cancer. We report two patients who, because of pain and discomfort, ate large quantities of soft cheeses; this caused listeriosis and fever. Both cases responded to high doses of amoxycillin.

Serological investigations of small mammals had been made on the Island Santiago (Cape Verde Islands), to clear up how far synantropic, small mammals are reservoir hosts for pathogens, such as Coxiella burnetti and Listeria monocytogenes. 367 small mammals representing two species (Rattus rattus and

439 sera of domestic animals and various number (150-500) of human sera of the Cape Verde Islands were examined for antibodies against Coxiella burnetti, Brucella abortus, B.melitensis, Listeria monocytogenes, Shigella dysenteriae, S.flexneri, S. boydii, S.sonnei, Campylobacter jejuni, C.fetus ssp.

25 cases (14 adults, 11 neonates) of Listeria monocytogenes infection were observed during a 15-month period (1983/1984) at the University Medical Center (CHUV) in Lausanne (Switzerland), in contrast to a mean of only 3 cases per year during the period 1974-1982. Eleven of 14 adults had

Background: Listeria monocytogenes is an opportunistic pathogen that causes severe infections of the Central Nervous System, such as meningitis or meningoencephalitis, and brain abscesses. Abscesses account for approximately 1-10% of CNS

Listeriosis during pregnancy usually presents as an unremarkable febrile illness in the mother but can be fatal for the fetus and newborn. Reliable laboratory testing for early diagnosis is lacking. Serological antibody tests and bacteriological stool tests are not helpful since Listeria-specific

53 cases of neonatal listeriosis were seen during the last five years at the Intensive Care Unit for newborn infants (Pr Minkowski) and the Neonatal Center (P. Varangot) of the Port-Royal Maternity Hospital. The significant decline in mortality to 22 p. 100, when compared with previous years, was

Listeria monocytogenes is a well-recognized cause of bacteremia and meningitis in immunocompromised individuals, including recipients of solid organ transplants, but has only rarely been reported following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Most previously reported cases of listeriosis occurred

OBJECTIVE To compare the symptomatology of pregnant women with suspected listeriosis to culture confirmed listeriosis. METHODS All cases of suspected and culture confirmed pregnancy-associated listeriosis from a single center were retrospectively reviewed assessing demographics, clinical, laboratory