Listerial Meningitis in Infancy

Insley, J; Hussain, Zeenat

doi:10.1136/adc.39.205.278

Cited by 9 publications

(3 citation statements)

References 21 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…L. monocytogenes is frequently confused with other bacteria and it has been suggested that in many laboratories it is incorrectly identified and discarded as a contaminant (Louria, 1970). Furthermore, the organism is known to decolorize easily (Barber and Okubadejo, 1965) and has often been mistaken for Gram-negative bacteria (Insley and Hussain, 1964;Selinger and Becker, 1955). It has been suggested that the rising incidence in America may be due to improved methods of identification (Driscoll, Gorbach and Feldman, 1962).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Neonatal listeriosis

Variend

Blumenthal

1975

Postgraduate Medical Journal

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Three cases of neonatal listeriosis are reported. This local incidence in a busy neonatal unit over a 10-year period would agree with other reports that the condition is rare in the United Kingdom. Two cases had septicaemia and one developed septicaemia and meningitis, contrasting with the previous view that the commonest presentation is with meningitis, and could be due to the greater use of blood cultures in babies suspected of having infection. The mode of delivery differed in each case which allowed certain conclusions to be made regarding pathogenesis of the condition. Thus evidence is presented against fetal infection through an ascending route or while passing through an infected birth canal. Maternal bacteraemia with a transplacental spread of infection would seem more likely. The possible use of Gentamicin in the treatment of this condition is discussed and the better prognosis with septicaemia, compared with meningitis, is emphasized.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Neonatal listeriosis

Variend

Blumenthal

1975

Postgraduate Medical Journal

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The results are set out in the Table. Discussion Mixed meningeal infection with L. monocytogenes has previously been described with tuberculous meningitis (Hoffmann and Boese, 1955;Luchmann and Hecker, 1957;Seeliger, 1961), but infection with other organisms has not been noted (H. P. R. Seeliger, 1966, personal communication). L. monocytogenes may be mistaken for other organisms such as H. influenzae (Insley andHussain, 1964), corynebacterium, streptococci, erysipelothrix (Hoeprich, 1958), and pneumococcus (Seeliger, 1961). …”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Development of listeria infection in the first few months of life is probably due to perinatal infection (Gray, 1960;Dungal, 1961;Insley and Hussain, 1964), but there is no direct evidence to support the concept of congenital listeriosis exhibited later in childhood. However, it has been shown that the organism may be relatively non-pathogenic and remain in the CSF for long periods (Flamm, 1958).…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%