[Ventriculitis caused by Listeria monocytogenes]

Rev Cubana Med Trop. 1980 Jan-Apr;32(1):73-8.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

A case of meningitis due to Listeria monocytogenes is reported. The bacteria was mainly located in brain ventricles and induced ventriculitis. The patient is clinically and bacteriologically analyzed. The greenish-yellow color of spinal fluid resembling the pigmentation of amniotic fluid by Listeria monocytogenes is stressed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Brain / microbiology
  • Cerebral Ventricles / microbiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Listeria monocytogenes / isolation & purification*
  • Maternal-Fetal Exchange
  • Meningitis, Listeria / cerebrospinal fluid*
  • Meningitis, Listeria / congenital
  • Pregnancy