Tag: Listéria
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Listeria
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HISTORY: Listeria monocytogenes, type species of the genus Listeria (named after the English surgeon Lord Lister) was described in 1926 by Murray; The bacterium was isolated during an epizootic reaching rabbits and guinea pigs showed strong increase in circulating monocytes and hepatic necrosis lesions. This bacterium was then isolated from various domestic and wild animals.…
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Purulent Meningitis
– Newborn: Escherichia coli (40%); Strep B; Listeria – Children <6 years: Haemophilus influenzae; meningitis; pneumococcus – Adult and E> 6 years: meningococcal; pneumococcus – Subject> 50: meningococcal; pneumococcal; Listeria; BGN. * Antibiotics that cross the brain barrier are cephalosporins; aminopenicillins; penicillin G; the phenicols and sulfonamides. * If asplenia (splenectomy, sickle cell anemia), two…
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