Listeria monocytogenes in renal transplant recipients

Five cases of Listeria monocytogenes bacteremia 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 complaint was fever, with no report of meningeal syndrome. Laborato...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 1999-11, Vol.41 (6), p.375-377
Main Authors: Hofer, C B, Melles, C E, Hofer, E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
Bacteremia - drug therapy
Bacteremia - microbiology
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Female
Humans
Kidney Transplantation
Listeria monocytogenes
Listeria monocytogenes - drug effects
Listeria monocytogenes - isolation & purification
Listeriosis - drug therapy
Listeriosis - microbiology
Lysovar
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Period
Renal transplant
Serovar
TROPICAL MEDICINE
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Summary:Five cases of Listeria monocytogenes bacteremia 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 complaint was fever, with no report of meningeal syndrome. Laboratory tests revealed the presence of two serovars, (1/2)a 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.
ISSN:0036-4665
1678-9946
0036-4665
1678-9946
DOI:10.1590/S0036-46651999000600008