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- Title
Liver Abscess Caused by Listeria monocytogenes: A Case Report.
- Authors
A Ri Shin; Soo Youn Moon; Jun Seong Son; Mi Suk Lee; Hee Joo Lee
- Abstract
Listeria monocytogenes has been recognized as a pathogen in elderly and immune-compromised hosts with malignancies, alcohol abuse, diabetes mellitus, transplanted organs, liver cirrhosis, renal failure, or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). In adults, it usually presents as neuromeningeal infection, such as meningitis, meningoencephalitis, or encephalitis, or as primary bacteremia. Involvement of the liver with L. monocytogenes is uncommon. We report on a case of multiple liver abscesses and bacteremia associated with L. monocytogenes in a 67-year-old diabetic female with concomitant active multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis. Blood cultures were positive for L. monocytogenes. In patients with liver abscess with advanced age or who are immune-compromised, including those with diabetes, clinicians should consider Listeria infection as a differential diagnosis.
- Subjects
LISTERIA monocytogenes; DISEASES in older people; AIDS research; DRUG resistance; TUBERCULOSIS research
- Publication
Infection & Chemotherapy, 2012, Vol 44, Issue 6, p458
- ISSN
2093-2340
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3947/ic.2012.44.6.458