What is it about?
Listeriosis is one of the most important foodborne diseases, caused by a Gram-positive facultative anaerobic intracellular bacterium found in food and the environment, Listeria monocytogenes. It causes one of the most life-threatening bacterial infections of the central nervous system (CNS).
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Why is it important?
Meningoencephalitis and rhomboencephalitis are the most common forms and immunosuppression represents the main risk factor. In this article, we report a case of severe, invasive Listeria monocytogenes rhombencephalitis in a healthy middle-aged man, admitted to our hospital with meningeal syndrome associated with left VI nerve palsy.
Perspectives
Listeriosis is an anthropozoonosis which commonly manifests in adults as septicemia and leads to damage to the central nervous system (CNS) in almost three quarters of cases [1].
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This page is a summary of: Listeria Rhombencephalitis: A Case of an Immunocompetent Adult, Journal of Case Reports and Medical History, May 2024, Acquire Publications LLC,
DOI: 10.54289/jcrmh2400129.
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