LISTERIA MENINGITIS
Authors: M A BINDER, C DIEHL, J WEISS, H RAY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Case Reports1 June 1953LISTERIA MENINGITISMORTON A. BINDER, CAROLYN DIEHL, JULES WEISS, HAROLD RAYMORTON A. BINDER, CAROLYN DIEHL, JULES WEISS, HAROLD RAYAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-38-6-1315 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThis report concerns a patient with meningitis due to the organism Listeria monocytogenes. The case is of interest not only because of the rarity of this disease (only 41 cases having been reported in the literature1, 4-16), but also because of the difficulty in establishing a diagnosis and because for a time the patient was thought to have tuberculous meningitis. The correct diagnosis was made only after therapy for the latter disease had been instituted. Moreover, two antimicrobial agents were successfully used in therapy.CASE REPORTThe patient was a 41 year old white male farmer and truck-driver transferred from...Bibliography1. Kaplan MK: Listerellosis, New England J. Med. 232: 755, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Julianelle LA: Function of Listerella in infection, Ann. Int. Med. 14: 608, 1940. LinkGoogle Scholar3. GirardMurray KFFG: 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, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. Kapsenberg G: Listerella als oorzaak van meningitis, Nederl. tijdschr. v. geneesk. 85: 2230, 1941. Google Scholar5. HarvierLavergneClaisse PHR: Infections humaines à "Listerella monocytogenes," Bull. Acad. de méd., Paris 126: 402-404 (July) 1942. Google Scholar6. HandelmanRotondoScottKnighton NICCEPHT: Listerella meningitis. Report of a case with recovery, J. Pediat. 28: 210, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. MartinSureauMilletQuelin-Rimetz RBA: Meningite humaine à Listerella monocytogenes , Bull. et mém. Soc. méd. d. hôp. de Paris 63: 468, 1947. Google Scholar8. BeuteMeylerSirks AELJL: Listeriosis bij de mens in Nederland, Nederl. tijdschr. v. geneesk. 92: 2229, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar9. Stanley NF: Listeria meningitis: A description of a strain of Listeria monocytogenes and a report of a case, M. J. Australia 2: 205, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. Van Driest GW: Listeria monocytogenes, Maandschr. v. kindergeneesk. 16: 101, 1948. Google Scholar11. Sloof J: Nog een Geval Van Listerella-Meningitis, Maandschr. v. kindergeneesk. 16: 109, 1948. Google Scholar12. Berry JF: Listerella monocytogenes meningitis, U. S. Armed Forces M. J. 1: 894, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar13. BennettRussellDerivaux ILPEJM: Treatment of Listeria meningitis, Antibiotics and Chemotherapy 2: 142, 1952. Google Scholar14. OdegaardRonnargHenricksen BGSD: A case of Listeria infection in man transmitted from sheep, Acta med. Scandinav. 142: 231, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar15. LineCherry FGWB: Meningitis due to Listeria monocytogenes , J. A. M. A. 148:366, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar16. LineAppleton FGFG: Listeria meningitis in a premature infant, J. Pediat. 41: 97, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication December 3, 1952.From the Division of Infectious Diseases of the Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, and the Diagnostic Laboratories of Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAntimicrobial chemotherapy of human infection due toListeria monocytogenesAntibiotic Susceptibility of Clinical Isolates of Listeria monocytogenesTreatment of Listeria monocytogenes MeningitisMeningitis Due to Listeria monocytogenesClinical and laboratory aspects of listeria monocytogenes infections with a report of ten casesRecurrent listeria monocytogenes meningitis in a patient with acute leukemiaListeriosis 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.Hyperthermia, Fever and Infectious DiseasesNeuropathologie der ListerioseLISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES MENINGITIS*CALDERON HOWE, M.D., HAMILTON SOUTHWORTH, M.D., F.A.C.P.LISTERIOSIS: A POTENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEMListeria monocytogenes Infection and Its Relation to Infectious MononucleosisListeria meningitisDie Listeriose 1 June 1953Volume 38, Issue 6Page: 1315-1319KeywordsAntimicrobialsDiagnostic medicineHospital medicineInfectious diseasesMeningitisOphthalmology Issue Published: 1 June 1953 PDF downloadLoading ...