Potential Nosocomial Acquisition of Epidemic Listeria monocytogenes Presenting as Multiple Brain Abscesses Resembling Nocardiosis

Listerial brain abscesses are rare, and are found mostly in patients with underlying hematological malignancies or solid-organ transplants. A case of a patient with Crohn’s disease and multiple brain abscesses involving the left cerebellum and right sylvian fissure is described. The Gram stain and h...

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Main Authors: Aleksandra Stefanovic, James Reid, A Celine Nadon, Jennifer Grant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/812648
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