INFECTION DUE TO LISTERIA-MONOCYTOGENES IN PATIENTS WITH HIV - 2 NEW CASES

Citation
M. Lopezgomez et al., INFECTION DUE TO LISTERIA-MONOCYTOGENES IN PATIENTS WITH HIV - 2 NEW CASES, Revista Clinica Espanola, 192(5), 1993, pp. 226-227
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
ISSN journal
00142565
Volume
192
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
226 - 227
Database
ISI
SICI code
0014-2565(1993)192:5<226:IDTLIP>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Two new cases of infection due to Listeria monocytogenes in two female s with HIV are discussed, one of them with full blown AIDS and the oth er pregnant and without knowledge of her seropositivity until that mom ent- Its clinical manifestation as a meningeal manifestation and bacte riemia, coincide with the few cases described until now; different hyp othesis invoked until now are reviewed to justify this infrequent asso ciation HIV-listeria.