Acute hepatitis by Listeria monocytogenes in an HIV patient with chronic HBV hepatitis

J Clin Gastroenterol. 1992 Oct;15(3):251-5. doi: 10.1097/00004836-199210000-00018.

Abstract

We report a young male IVDA with CAH caused by HBV who was infected with HIV and who contracted listeriosis in the form of acute hepatitis and bacteremia, with epithelioid granulomas in the liver. Treatment with ampicillin and a aminoglycoside for 3 weeks was followed by rapid and maintained improvement. Involvement of the liver is unusual in listeriosis and, as far as we are aware, it has not been described previously in patients with HIV infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / complications*
  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • Hepatitis / complications
  • Hepatitis / microbiology*
  • Hepatitis / pathology
  • Hepatitis B / complications*
  • Hepatitis B / pathology
  • Hepatitis, Chronic / complications*
  • Hepatitis, Chronic / pathology
  • Humans
  • Listeriosis / complications*
  • Listeriosis / pathology
  • Liver / pathology
  • Male
  • Substance Abuse, Intravenous