[Brain stem infection caused by Listeria monocytogenes]

E A Antal; E M Løberg; V B Wyller; P Bracht; S H Torp; J Maehlen

[Brain stem infection caused by Listeria monocytogenes]

Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1999 Jan 30;119(3):373-4.

[Article in Norwegian]

Authors

E A Antal¹, E M Løberg, V B Wyller, P Bracht, S H Torp, J Maehlen

Affiliation

¹ Patologisk anatomisk avdeling, Ullevål sykehus, Oslo.

PMID: 10074834

Abstract

Rhombencephalitis due to Listeria monocytogenes is a serious form of brainstem inflammation. It is difficult to diagnose on the basis of clinical and laboratory findings alone. We describe a fatal case of Listeria monocytogenes rhombencephalitis in a previously healthy female teenager. Clinical and pathogenetic aspects of this condition are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Brain Stem / microbiology*
Brain Stem / pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Encephalitis / diagnosis
Encephalitis / microbiology*
Encephalitis / pathology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Listeriosis* / diagnosis
Listeriosis* / pathology
Meningitis, Listeria / diagnosis*
Meningitis, Listeria / pathology