Listeria monocytogenes Bacteremia in the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Authors: FRANCISCO X. REAL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1984)

Letters and Corrections1 December 1984Listeria monocytogenes Bacteremia in the Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeFRANCISCO X. REAL, M.D., JONATHAN W. M. GOLD, M.D., SUSAN E. KROWN, M.D., DONALD ARMSTRONG, M.D.FRANCISCO X. REAL, M.D., JONATHAN W. M. GOLD, M.D., SUSAN E. KROWN, M.D., DONALD ARMSTRONG, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-101-6-883 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: Patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome are highly susceptible to a number of opportunistic infections. Listeria monocytogenes frequently causes bacteremia and meningitis in patients with T-cell defects, most commonly immunosuppressed cancer patients (1). Although listeria infections would be anticipated in patients with this syndrome, there have been no reports of such infections to date. We have followed 2 patients with listeria bacteremia in a group of 226 patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome seen at this center as of March 1984.The two patients presented with high temperatures and constitutional symptoms. Blood cultures showed L. monocytogenes. Neither...References1. ARMSTRONG D. Listeria monocytogenes. In: MANDELL GL, DOUGLAS RG, BENNETT JE, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. New York: John Wiley and Sons; 1979: 1626-33. Google Scholar2. CHERNIKARMSTRONGPOSNER NDJ. Central nervous system infections in patients with cancer: changing patterns. Cancer. 1977;40:268-74. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. MACKANESS G. The immunological basis of acquired cellular resistance. J Exp Med. 1964;120:105-20. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. ALLENBELLERBRAUNUNANUE PDJE. The handling of listeria monocytes by macrophages: the search for an immunogenic molecule in antigen presentation. J Immunol. 1984;132:323-31. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. 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KIEHN, Ph.D. 1 December 1984Volume 101, Issue 6Page: 883-884KeywordsAIDSBacteremiaBloodCancer immunotherapyMeningitisOpportunistic infectionsTemperature Issue Published: 1 December 1984 PDF DownloadLoading ...