Listeria monocytogenes in a young patient with non Hodgkins lymphoma: case report

Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol. 2006 Oct-Dec;19(4):923-7. doi: 10.1177/039463200601900423.

Abstract

Listeria monocytogenes is an intracellular food-borne pathogen, widely distributed in the environment, which rarely causes clinical infection in healthy people, but may cause severe disease in immunocompromised patients. A case of listeriosis is certified in an immunocompromised patient, thus confirming this microorganism to be an opportunistic human pathogen.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Listeria monocytogenes / drug effects
  • Listeria monocytogenes / isolation & purification*
  • Listeriosis / complications
  • Listeriosis / diagnosis*
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell / complications
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell / microbiology*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antifungal Agents