Nosocomial empyema caused by a rare serotype, serotype 4c, of Listeria monocytogenes in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and chronic kidney disease: A case report and review of the literature
- Authors
- Sim, Ju Sung; Kim, Min Ja; Jung, Jae Hyun; Kim, Hwanil; Baek, Seung Hee; Sohn, Jang Wook; Yoon, Young Kyung
- Issue Date
- 11월-2015
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
- Keywords
- Listeria monocytogenes; Empyema; Chronic kidney disease; Rheumatoid arthritis; Immunocompromised host
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY, v.21, no.11, pp.824 - 827
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY
- Volume
- 21
- Number
- 11
- Start Page
- 824
- End Page
- 827
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/91976
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jiac.2015.07.004
- ISSN
- 1341-321X
- Abstract
- The intracellular pathogen Listeria monocytogenes presents characteristically as meningoencephalitis and bacteremia. Herein, we report an extremely rare case of empyema caused by serotype 4c L. monocytogenes in an immunocompromised patient. This case supports the inclusion of L. monocytogenes infection in the differential diagnosis of empyema in an immunocompromised patient. (C) 2015, Japanese Society of Chemotherapy and The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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