Abstract
Infection with Listeria monocytogenes is rare and mainly seen in immunosuppressed patients. Infection with L. monocytogenes has a mortality rate of 30%. We present a case report of L. monocytogenes bacteraemia and endocarditis in a 70-year-old man with several co-morbidities and following four major surgical procedures. This illustrates the findings and characteristics in one of the 16 patients who died in 2013 and 2014 this summer due to sausage-related L. monocytogenes infection.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
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Bacteremia / diagnostic imaging
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Bacteremia / drug therapy
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Bacteremia / microbiology*
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Echocardiography, Transesophageal
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Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging
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Endocarditis, Bacterial / drug therapy
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Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
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Fatal Outcome
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Food Microbiology
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Foodborne Diseases / diagnostic imaging
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Foodborne Diseases / drug therapy
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Foodborne Diseases / microbiology
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Humans
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Listeria monocytogenes / isolation & purification
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Male
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Meat Products / microbiology
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Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
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Mitral Valve / microbiology