Listeriosis: An emerging public health problem especially among the elderly

Journal of Infection

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-33

  Muñoz, Patricia ^a,b,c   Rojas, Loreto ^a   Bunsow, Eleonora ^a   Saez, Elena ^a   Sánchez Cambronero, Laura ^a   Alcalá, Luis ^a,c   Rodríguez Creixems, Marta ^a,b,c   Bouza, Emilio ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bloodstream infection; Listeria monocytogenes; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LISTERIOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MORTALITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLID TUMOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84455208195     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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