Resumen de Bacteriemia primaria por Listeria monocytogenes en paciente con cirrosis hepática: Caso clínico
Leonardo Chanqueo C, Catalina Gutiérrez R, Rodolfo Armas M, Gabriela Urriola J, Marisol Bustos M, Cecilia Tapia P, Patricia Vásquez T
L. monocytogenes infections are infrequent. Sepsis in pregnant women and newborns and central nervous system infections in the elderly are the most common clinical manifestations. We report a 61 years old woman with diabetes Mellitus and a Child B hepatic cirrhosis, admitted for persistent fever. Blood cultures were positive for Listeria monocytogenes. Cerebrospinal fluid was normal and sterile. She was treated with ampicillin and amikacin with a good response. Control blood cultures were negative. She was discharged 14 days after in good conditions
