Listeria monocytogenes Arthritis in a Renal Transplant Recipient

Listeria monocytogenes is becoming a commonly recognized pathogen in renal transplant recipients. It frequently causes meningitis, meningoencephalitis, and primary bacteremia. Infectious arthritis occurs infrequently in the renal transplant patient. The following presentation reports the first case...

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Published in:The Journal of infectious diseases 1987-08, Vol.156 (2), p.413-414
Main Authors: Abadie, Sandra M., Dalovisio, Joseph R., Pankey, George A., Cortez, Laurence M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Arthritis
Arthritis, Infectious - etiology
Biological and medical sciences
Blood
Correspondence
Female
Fever
Humans
Infections
Infectious arthritis
Infectious diseases
Kidney Transplantation
Listeria meningitis
Listeria monocytogenes
Listeriosis - etiology
Medical sciences
Postoperative Complications - etiology
Primary literature
Prosthetics
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the urinary system
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Summary:Listeria monocytogenes is becoming a commonly recognized pathogen in renal transplant recipients. It frequently causes meningitis, meningoencephalitis, and primary bacteremia. Infectious arthritis occurs infrequently in the renal transplant patient. The following presentation reports the first case of L. monocytogenes causing infectious arthritis of a prosthetic joint in a renal transplant patient.
ISSN:0022-1899
1537-6613
DOI:10.1093/infdis/156.2.413