TY - JOUR
T1 - Early invasive Listeria monocytogene infection after orthotopic liver transplantation
T2 - Case report and review of the literature
AU - Kruszyna, Thomas
AU - Walsh, Mark
AU - Peltekian, Kevork
AU - Molinari, Michele
PY - 2008/1
Y1 - 2008/1
N2 - Infection with Listeria monocytogenes is rare, with a reported annual incidence of 4.4 cases per million individuals. It is caused by a gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium (Listeria monocytogenes) that can be found in soil, vegetation, water, sewage, and silage and in feces of humans and animals. It is a facultative intracellular pathogen with the ability to survive and multiply in phagocytic host cells, even in adverse environmental circumstances. Listeriosis has rarely been reported after orthotopic liver transplantation, and transplant physicians are often unfamiliar with the clinical presentation of this rare but virulent infection, which accounts for 20%-30% mortality in affected individuals. We present a case of invasive Listeria infection causing bacteremia and peritonitis in the early postoperative period after cadaveric liver transplantation in a previously asymptomatic patient.
AB - Infection with Listeria monocytogenes is rare, with a reported annual incidence of 4.4 cases per million individuals. It is caused by a gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium (Listeria monocytogenes) that can be found in soil, vegetation, water, sewage, and silage and in feces of humans and animals. It is a facultative intracellular pathogen with the ability to survive and multiply in phagocytic host cells, even in adverse environmental circumstances. Listeriosis has rarely been reported after orthotopic liver transplantation, and transplant physicians are often unfamiliar with the clinical presentation of this rare but virulent infection, which accounts for 20%-30% mortality in affected individuals. We present a case of invasive Listeria infection causing bacteremia and peritonitis in the early postoperative period after cadaveric liver transplantation in a previously asymptomatic patient.
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U2 - 10.1002/lt.21428
DO - 10.1002/lt.21428
M3 - Article
C2 - 18161771
AN - SCOPUS:40449112360
SN - 1527-6465
VL - 14
SP - 88
EP - 91
JO - Liver Transplantation
JF - Liver Transplantation
IS - 1
ER -