LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES MENINGITIS
Authors: C HOWE, H SOUTHWORTH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Case Reports1 June 1958LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES MENINGITISCALDERON HOWE, M.D., HAMILTON SOUTHWORTH, M.D., F.A.C.P.CALDERON HOWE, M.D., HAMILTON SOUTHWORTH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-48-6-1384 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptListeria monocytogenes was described as a new species in 1926 by Murray et al.,1 and human infection caused by this microörganism was first reported in 1936 by Burn.2, 3 Several recent papers have amply reviewed the literature.4, 5, 6, 7L. monocytogenes, although not very often shown to be the cause of acute meningitis, may be mistaken for a contaminant "hemolytic diphtheroid" unless particular diagnostic criteria are applied. Since the etiologic importance of this organism can therefore be easily overlooked, it seems desirable to record one additional case.CASE REPORTThe patient was a 62 year old woman whose past...Bibliography1. MurrayWebbSwann EGRAMB: A disease of rabbits characterized by a large mononuclear leukocytosis caused by a hitherto undescribed bacillus, Bacterium monocytogenes , J. Path. and Bact. 2: 407-439, 1926. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Burn CG: Characteristics of a new species of the genus Listerella obtained from human sources, J. Bact. 30: 573-591, 1935. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Burn CG: Clinical and pathological features of infection caused by a new pathogen of the genus Listerella, Am. J. Path. 12: 314-348, 1936. Google Scholar4. GirardMurray KFEG: Listeria monocytogenes as the cause of disease in man and animals, and its relation to infectious mononucleosis from an etiological and immunological aspect, Am. J. M. Sc. 221: 343-352, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. FinegoldBradleyCampbellGreenberg SMJGMKAJ: Listeria monocytogenes meningitis. Summation of literature and report of two new cases, Arch. Int. Med. 93: 515-527, 1954. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. MathieuYoungMennilloSherwood PLRMEPES: Listeria meningitis, J. Pediat. 48: 349-355, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. BinderDiehlWeissRay MACJH: Listeria meningitis, Ann. Int. Med. 38: 1315-1319, 1953. LinkGoogle Scholar8. Kaplan MM: Listerellosis, New England J. Med. 232: 755-759, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. OseboldSawyer JWMT: Agglutinating antibodies for Listeria monocytogenes in human serum, J. Bact. 70: 350-351, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: CALDERON HOWE, M.D.; HAMILTON SOUTHWORTH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication December 11, 1956.From the Departments of Microbiology and Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and the Presbyterian Hospital, New York, N. Y.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Calderon Howe, M.D., Department of Microbiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 630 West 168th Street, New York 32, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byListeriosis Complicating Malignant Disease A New AssociationDONALD B. LOURIA, M.D., F.A.C.P., TERRY HENSLE, B.S., DONALD ARMSTRONG, M.D., HARVEY S. COLLINS, M.D., ANNE BLEVINS, R.N., DAVID KRUGMAN, M.D., MARGA BUSE, A.B.Listeria monocytogenes and listeric infectionsBacterial Meningitis — A Review of Selected Aspects 1 June 1958Volume 48, Issue 6Page: 1384-1387KeywordsAntibioticsChloramphenicolDiagnostic medicineHospital medicineMeningitisMicrobiologyPathogensSurgeons ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1958 PDF downloadLoading ...