ISOLATED CASE OF NOSOCOMIAL LISTERIA IN A N ICU PATIENT

Authors
CHAPON C PASDELOUP T BURUCOA C FAUCHERE JL ROBERT R
Citation
C. Chapon et al., ISOLATED CASE OF NOSOCOMIAL LISTERIA IN A N ICU PATIENT, Medecine et maladies infectieuses, 26(8-9), 1996, pp. 793-794
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Medecine et maladies infectieuses → ACNP
ISSN journal
0399077X
Volume
26
Issue
8-9
Year of publication
1996
Pages
793 - 794
Database
ISI
SICI code
0399-077X(1996)26:8-9<793:ICONLI>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A case of Listeria monocytogenes ocurring in an ICU patient is reporte d. L. monocytogenes was isolated in blood cultures after 23 days of ho spitalization in a 61-year-old patient, initially admitted for decompe nsed chronic insufficiency due to corticodependent asthma. She had fev er and chills but no neurologic or digestive disorder. The nosocomial origin was strongly suspected but could not proved because bacteriolog ic food control was negative.