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Listeria Monocytogenes is a gram-positive Bacillus that affects immunocompromised patients, newborn, pregnant women and persons over 65 years. Infection is acquired through contaminated food. The Bacillus has predilection for the central nervous system. Its presents most commonly as an acute meningitis, it also presents as a chronic meningitis, cerebritis, rhomboencephalitis, brain and spinal abscess. Diagnosis for L. monocytogenes is made through positive cultures in blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Magnetic Resonance (MR) also helps to in the diagnosis of neurolisteriosis lesions. We described seven cases with L. Monocytogenes infection during 2007 and 2008, with four cases over the aged of 65 years old. Five presented acute meningitis; two rhomboencephalitis and one patient had meningoencephalitis. Six cases showed inflammatory CSF with pleocytosis with polymorphonuclear prevail and normal glycorrachia. MR showed inflammatory findings in five patients and focal brainstem lesions in two cases, one had acute hydrocephalus due arachnoiditis. Five patients improve clinically and two fatal cases were described. Listeriosis is the third cause of meningitis and should be consider in the differential diagnosis of meningitis with clear fluid, especially with pleocytosis and normal glycorrachia. Other clues of the diagnosis are dizziness with or without nystagmus and brainstem compromise. Arachnoiditis should be avoided with steroidal use. The diagnostic imaging test of choice for brain stem compromise is MR.
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| Elso T, María José | Mujer |
Universidad de Chile - Chile
Hospital del Salvador - Chile |
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| GALVEZ-MOYA, MARCELO OSVALDO | Hombre |
Instituto de Neurocirugía Alfonso Asenjo - Chile
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| Okuma P, Cecilia | Mujer |
Instituto de Neurocirugía Alfonso Asenjo - Chile
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| Rodríguez C, Pablo | Hombre |
Instituto de Neurocirugía Alfonso Asenjo - Chile
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| QUIROZ-ZENTENO, GONZALO | Hombre |
Universidad de Chile - Chile
Hospital del Salvador - Chile |
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| Núñez D, Carolina | Mujer |
Universidad de Chile - Chile
Hospital del Salvador - Chile |
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| Riffo A, Claudia | Mujer |
Hospital Dr. Luis Calvo Mackenna - Chile
Universidad de Chile - Chile |
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| CARTIER-UGARTE, REGIS ANDRE | Hombre |
Universidad de Chile - Chile
Hospital del Salvador - Chile |
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| 1 | María José Elso, T. | - |
Universidad de Chile - Chile
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| 2 | CARTIER-UGARTE, REGIS ANDRE | Hombre |
Universidad de Chile - Chile
Hospital del Salvador - Chile |
| 3 | Marcelo Gálvez, M. | - |
Instituto de Neurocirugía Alfonso Asenjo - Chile
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| 4 | Cecilia Okuma, P. | - |
Instituto de Neurocirugía Alfonso Asenjo - Chile
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| 5 | Pablo Rodríguez, C. | - |
Instituto de Neurocirugía Alfonso Asenjo - Chile
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| 6 | Gonzalo Quiroz, Z. | - |
Universidad de Chile - Chile
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| 7 | Carolina Núñez, D. | - |
Universidad de Chile - Chile
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| 8 | Claudia Riffo, A. | - |
Universidad de Chile - Chile
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