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Listeria monocytogenes bacteremia in an immunocompetent host

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2019

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1252208

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มหาวิทยาลัยศรีนครินทรวิโรฒ

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Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol 102, No.7 (2019), p.115-118

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Chinbunchorn T., Lee B., Upapan P. Listeria monocytogenes bacteremia in an immunocompetent host. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol 102, No.7 (2019), p.115-118. Retrieved from: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14740/5248

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Listeria monocytogenes bacteremia in an immunocompetent host

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Chinbunchorn T.
 Lee B.
 Upapan P.

Abstract

The authors report a patient with a very rare manifestation of Listeria monocytogenes bacteremia infection presented with exudative tonsillitis in an immunocompetent host. The patient presented with acute febrile illness with upper respiratory tract symptoms. He did not have any underlying diseases, but had a history of eating microwaved ready-to-eat frozen meals. Physical examination revealed enlarged tonsils with exudates. Blood culture indicated that the patient was suffered from Listeria monocytogenes. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of brain, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis and culture were normal. There were no physical or laboratory findings to suggest that he was immunocompromised. He was intravenously treated with ampicillin for 21 days and was followed-up uneventfully for three years. To our knowledge, this is the very rare case of Listeria monocytogenes bacteremia without central nervous system involvement presented with exudative tonsillitis in an immunocompetent host. © JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF THAILAND| 2019.

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Ampicillin
 Ceftriaxone
 Hemoglobin
 Paracetamol
 Adult
 Article
 Bacteremia
 Blood cell count
 Case report
 Chill
 Clinical article
 Drug substitution
 Exudate
 Fever
 Headache
 Human
 Leukocyte count
 Listeria monocytogenes
 Listeriosis
 Loss of appetite
 Magnetic resonance venography
 Male
 Nausea and vomiting
 Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
 Platelet count
 Rhinorrhea
 Sepsis
 Sore throat
 Tonsillitis
 Young adult

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