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A rare presentation of Listeria monocytogenes infection: Perianal abscess associated with lumbar spine osteitis
Listeria monocytogenes is a ubiquitous, rapidly growing, gram-positive bacterium causing infections in humans and animals. It is responsible for a variety of symptoms depending on the infection site and the integrity of the host’s immune system. Case reports of skin and soft tissues infections by Li...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6330363/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30656138 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00488 |
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author | Duarte, Frederico Pinto, Sara Moreira Trigo, Ana Catarina Guimaraes, Filipa Pereira, Ricardo Neno, Miguel Abreu, Ricardo Correia de Neves, Isabel |
author_facet | Duarte, Frederico Pinto, Sara Moreira Trigo, Ana Catarina Guimaraes, Filipa Pereira, Ricardo Neno, Miguel Abreu, Ricardo Correia de Neves, Isabel |
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description | Listeria monocytogenes is a ubiquitous, rapidly growing, gram-positive bacterium causing infections in humans and animals. It is responsible for a variety of symptoms depending on the infection site and the integrity of the host’s immune system. Case reports of skin and soft tissues infections by Listeria are rare. The authors present a case of a 65-year-old diabetic male with recurrent skin abscess diagnosed with a perianal abscess due to Listeria monocytogenes associated with lumbar spine osteitis. At the time of this publication and to our knowledge, this case represents the first Listeria monocytogenes infection involving skin and bone in a diabetic man with recurrent skin abscess. |
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spelling | pubmed-63303632019-01-17 A rare presentation of Listeria monocytogenes infection: Perianal abscess associated with lumbar spine osteitis Duarte, Frederico Pinto, Sara Moreira Trigo, Ana Catarina Guimaraes, Filipa Pereira, Ricardo Neno, Miguel Abreu, Ricardo Correia de Neves, Isabel IDCases Article Listeria monocytogenes is a ubiquitous, rapidly growing, gram-positive bacterium causing infections in humans and animals. It is responsible for a variety of symptoms depending on the infection site and the integrity of the host’s immune system. Case reports of skin and soft tissues infections by Listeria are rare. The authors present a case of a 65-year-old diabetic male with recurrent skin abscess diagnosed with a perianal abscess due to Listeria monocytogenes associated with lumbar spine osteitis. At the time of this publication and to our knowledge, this case represents the first Listeria monocytogenes infection involving skin and bone in a diabetic man with recurrent skin abscess. Elsevier 2019-01-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6330363/ /pubmed/30656138 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00488 Text en © 2019 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Duarte, Frederico Pinto, Sara Moreira Trigo, Ana Catarina Guimaraes, Filipa Pereira, Ricardo Neno, Miguel Abreu, Ricardo Correia de Neves, Isabel A rare presentation of Listeria monocytogenes infection: Perianal abscess associated with lumbar spine osteitis |
title | A rare presentation of Listeria monocytogenes infection: Perianal abscess associated with lumbar spine osteitis |
title_full | A rare presentation of Listeria monocytogenes infection: Perianal abscess associated with lumbar spine osteitis |
title_fullStr | A rare presentation of Listeria monocytogenes infection: Perianal abscess associated with lumbar spine osteitis |
title_full_unstemmed | A rare presentation of Listeria monocytogenes infection: Perianal abscess associated with lumbar spine osteitis |
title_short | A rare presentation of Listeria monocytogenes infection: Perianal abscess associated with lumbar spine osteitis |
title_sort | rare presentation of listeria monocytogenes infection: perianal abscess associated with lumbar spine osteitis |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6330363/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30656138 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00488 |
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