Listeria monocytogenes following orthotopic liver transplantation: Central nervous system involvement and review of the literature

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 32, 2007, Pages 4391-4393

  Mizuno, Shugo ^a   Zendejas, Ivan R ^a   Reed, Alan I ^a   Kim, Robin D ^a   Howard, Richard J ^a   Hemming, Alan W ^a   Schain, Denise C ^a   Soldevila Pico, Consuelo ^a   Firpi, Roberto J ^a   Fujita, Shiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Listeria monocytogene; Liver transplantation; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AMPICILLIN; RIBAVIRIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN TOXICITY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MENINGITIS, LISTERIA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34548488454     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i32.4391     Document Type: Article

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