Chronic Listeria monocytogenes meningitis and normotensive hydrocephalus

Heck, Albert F.; Hameroff, Steven B.; Hornick, Richard B.

doi:10.1212/wnl.21.3.263

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“…(10-12, 14, 16, 17). We see that CSF circula tion can be pathologically changed in inflam matory (8) and non-inflammatory CNS dis eases. CSF circulation can also be physiologi cally influenced by different conditions, such as blood pressure and so on (13).…”

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CSF Circulation and Blood-CSF Barrier

Glasner¹,

Piepgras²

1978

Eur Neurol

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Results of microzone electrophoresis of non-concentrated CSF after staining with nigrosine and after evaluation on non-transparent acetate film are compared with those of isotope cisternography (¹¹¹In-DTPA). We found that blood-CSF barrier disturbances begin with an increase of the absolute values of prealbumins in normal CSF circulation. When a barrier impairment occurs, by first increasing the absolute values of α₁-globulins, we state a pathological CSF circulation. In this case, most of the globulin region is pathologic (globulin-type).

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CSF Circulation and Blood-CSF Barrier

Glasner¹,

Piepgras²

1978

Eur Neurol

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“…The CSF Gram stain is negative in approximately 50% of cases, but CSF cultures are positive in approximately 100% of case (Table 1). [12][13][14][15][16][17] The preferred antimicrobial therapy of Listeria CNS infections is ampicillin or TMP-SMX. Alternately, choramphenicol may be used.…”

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Listeria monocytogenes encephalitis mimicking west nile encephalitis

2004

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“…In a previous series that focused on brain stem encephalitis caused by Listeria monocytogenes, hydrocephalus was apparent in only 1 of the 35 computed tomographic scans of the brain performed [4]. Thus, identified cases of hydrocephalus complicating Listeria meningitis or encephalitis have been reported infrequently [5][6][7][8]. Hydrocephalus was associated with spinal cord compression in two cases [5,7] and with intramedullary brain stem cyst trapping IV ventricle in one case [8].…”

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“…merase chain reaction to amplify the 5b end of the 16S rRNA gene using the primers 8F and 806R, as published [6]. A fragment of approximately 800 bp was obtained and sequenced.…”

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