Listeria monocytogenes in renal transplant recipients

Five cases of Listeria monocytogenes bacteriemia were observed from April to December 1985, among renal transplant recipients from the same hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. The patients were adults (mean age: 40.6 years), and the basic complain was fever, with no report of meningeal syndrome. Laborato...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cristina Barroso HOFER, Carmo Elias Andrade MELLES, Ernesto HOFER
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1999
Subjects:
Listeria monocytogenes
Serovar
Lysovar
Renal transplant
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f7db8a1e34634c9ab98d5b7da64243a9
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Summary:Five cases of Listeria monocytogenes bacteriemia were observed from April to December 1985, among renal transplant recipients from the same hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. The patients were adults (mean age: 40.6 years), and the basic complain was fever, with no report of meningeal syndrome. Laboratory tests revealed the presence of two serovars, 1/2a and 4b, which were classified into three lysotypes. The four strains of serovar 4b showed the same antibiotype, with resistance to cefoxitin, clindamycin, oxacillin and penicillin.

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