[Unusual location of a brain abscess due to Listeria monocytogenes]

J-F Coste; V Duval; Y Nguyen; T Guillard; L Brasme; C David; C Strady; M Lecuit; C de Champs

doi:10.1016/j.patbio.2011.05.006

[Unusual location of a brain abscess due to Listeria monocytogenes]

Pathol Biol (Paris). 2012 Oct;60(5):e45-8. doi: 10.1016/j.patbio.2011.05.006. Epub 2011 Aug 10.

[Article in French]

Authors

J-F Coste¹, V Duval, Y Nguyen, T Guillard, L Brasme, C David, C Strady, M Lecuit, C de Champs

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire de bactériologie-virologie-hygiène, CHU Robert-Debré, rue du Général-Kœnig, 51092 Reims cedex, France.

PMID: 21835558
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2011.05.006

Abstract

Here we report a case of sustentorial brain abscess due to Listeria monocytogenes. Blood culture and procalcitonine blood measurement were negative. L. monocytogenes was isolated from CSF after inoculation in Castañeda medium.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Brain Abscess / complications
Brain Abscess / diagnosis*
Brain Abscess / pathology
Diabetes Complications / diagnosis
Diabetes Complications / pathology
Humans
Listeria monocytogenes / growth & development
Listeria monocytogenes / isolation & purification
Listeria monocytogenes / physiology*
Listeriosis / complications
Listeriosis / diagnosis*
Listeriosis / pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Meningitis, Listeria / complications
Meningitis, Listeria / diagnosis*
Meningitis, Listeria / pathology
Middle Aged