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Listeriosis and AIDS: case report and literature review.

Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 1992 Sep-Oct;34(5):475-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94098174
da Silva LJ; Resende MR; de Abreu WB; Aoki FH; Bocatto RB; Branchinni ML; Goncales Junior FL; de Lima JN; von Nowakonski A; Papaiordanou PM; et al; Dept. de Clinica Medica, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas; UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brasil.

Abstract: Listeriosis is a not uncommon infection in humans, usually associated with immunodeficient states and with newborns. However, relatively few cases have been reported in HIV-infected patients. This scarcity of reported cases has aroused interest in the association of listeriosis and AIDS. In this paper we present a case of meningitis and septicemia caused by Listeria monocytogenes in a female patient with AIDS. A review of recent medical literature indicates that association of listeriosis and AIDS may be more common than it seems. Recent research in host-parasite interaction in listerial infection suggests an important role for tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and for integralin, a bacterial protein, in modulating listerial disease in AIDS patients. Inadequate diagnosis may be in part responsible for the scarcity of reports.
Keywords: Adult Ampicillin/ADMINISTRATION & DOSAGE AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/*DIAGNOSIS/DRUG THERAPY Case Report Diagnosis, Differential Female Human *HIV-1 Meningitis, Listeria/*DIAGNOSIS/DRUG THERAPY Septicemia/*DIAGNOSIS/DRUG THERAPY Substance Abuse, Intravenous/COMPLICATIONS JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW REVIEW OF REPORTED CASESKWDadultampicillin/administration&dosageaids-relatedopportunisticinfections/KWDdiagnosis/drugtherapycasereportdiagnosis,differentialfemalehumanKWDhiv-1meningitis,listeria/KWDdiagnosis/drugtherapysepticemia/KWDdiagnosis/drugtherapysubstanceabuse,intravenous/complicationsjournalarticlereviewreviewofreportedcases
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