A Case of Listeria monocytogenes Infective Endocarditis

Listeriamonocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) is a Gram-positive facultative intracellular aerobic bacterium. We report the case of a 77-year-old male presenting with focal neurological symptoms found secondary to embolization from L. monocytogenes infective endocarditis (IE) involving the mitral valve....

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Autores principales: Badar, Faraz, Bhuiyan, Refayat, Nabeel, Shaha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9377922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35978913
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5958017
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description Listeriamonocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) is a Gram-positive facultative intracellular aerobic bacterium. We report the case of a 77-year-old male presenting with focal neurological symptoms found secondary to embolization from L. monocytogenes infective endocarditis (IE) involving the mitral valve. Blood cultures and echocardiogram were positive. Meningitis was ruled out via lumbar puncture. Treatment was done successfully with a prolonged course of ceftazidime. IE from L. monocytogenes is a rare but life-threatening complication and therefore prompt identification of infectious process is paramount. The mainstay of therapy is use of beta-lactams.
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spelling pubmed-93779222022-08-16 A Case of Listeria monocytogenes Infective Endocarditis Badar, Faraz Bhuiyan, Refayat Nabeel, Shaha Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report Listeriamonocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) is a Gram-positive facultative intracellular aerobic bacterium. We report the case of a 77-year-old male presenting with focal neurological symptoms found secondary to embolization from L. monocytogenes infective endocarditis (IE) involving the mitral valve. Blood cultures and echocardiogram were positive. Meningitis was ruled out via lumbar puncture. Treatment was done successfully with a prolonged course of ceftazidime. IE from L. monocytogenes is a rare but life-threatening complication and therefore prompt identification of infectious process is paramount. The mainstay of therapy is use of beta-lactams. Hindawi 2022-08-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9377922/ /pubmed/35978913 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5958017 Text en Copyright © 2022 Faraz Badar et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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