BRAIN-STEM ABSCESS DIAGNOSED BY MAGNETIC- RESONANCE-IMAGING - A PROBABLE LISTERIA-MONOCYTOGENES INFECTION

Authors
LAPOSTOLLE F KOUNE JDL ROUBY JJ
Citation
F. Lapostolle et al., BRAIN-STEM ABSCESS DIAGNOSED BY MAGNETIC- RESONANCE-IMAGING - A PROBABLE LISTERIA-MONOCYTOGENES INFECTION, Medecine et maladies infectieuses, 27(6-7), 1997, pp. 739-740
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Medecine et maladies infectieuses → ACNP
ISSN journal
0399077X
Volume
27
Issue
6-7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
739 - 740
Database
ISI
SICI code
0399-077X(1997)27:6-7<739:BADBMR>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
We report a case of rhombencephalitis. Brainstem abscess was revealed by magnetic resonance imaging. A Listeria monocytogenes infection was strongly suspected but not isolated.