Ventriculitis caused by Listeria monocytogenes

Iglesias Sainz, F.J.; Diez Betancourt, A.; Martínez Torres, E.

Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical 32(1): 73-78

1980


ISSN/ISBN: 0375-0760
PMID: 6773117
Document Number: 166139
A case of meningitis due to Listeria monocytogenes is reported. The bacteria was mainly located in brain ventricles and induced ventriculitis. The patient is clinically and bacteriologically analyzed. The greenish-yellow color of spinal fluid resembling the pigmentation of amniotic fluid by Listeria monocytogenes is stressed.

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