Disease Information for Listeria monocytogenes/listeriosis
Bacterium monocytogenes, Bacterium monocytogenes hominis, Corynebacterium infantisepticum, Corynebacterium parvulum, Erysipelothrix monocytogenes, Listerella hepatolytica, Listeria monocytogenes, Listeria monocytogenes (Murray et al 1926) Pirie 1940, Listeria monocytogenes (organism)
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bacterial disease of newborns and adults often lethal in infancy and in pregnancy the cause of stillborns and abortion; adults usually are immune compromised or elderly; gastroenteritis is the presentation; complications include meningitis and meningoencephalitis, hepatitis, pneumonia, septicemia, endocarditis even abscesses; skin lesions and conjunctivitis occur; sensitive to penicillin and ampicillin with gentamycin, also TMP/SMX
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Demographics & Risk Factors[next]
- Exposure Factors
- Established Disease Population
- Patient/AIDS established population
- Patient/Alcoholism/chronic alcoholic
- Patient/Cancer
- Patient/Chemotherapy/cancer
- Patient/Febrile/Fever
- Patient/Heart transplant
- Patient/Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
- Patient/Hodgkins disease
- Patient/Lymphoma, malignant, non-Hodgkins
- Patient/Chronic liver disease
- Patient/Cirrhosis
- Patient/Pregnant
- Patient/Diabetes mellitus
- Patient/Uremia/Chronic renal disease
- Patient/Cellular immune defect
- Patient/Immune compromised/Immune suppressed
- Population Group
- Population/Immigrant population
- Population/Pediatrics population
- Population/Previously well
- Occupational Factors
- Event, Activity, Behavioral & Seasonal Factors
- Sex & Age Groups
- Population/Child
- Population/Children/all
- Population/Fetal-newborn
- Population/Infant
- Population/Male
- Population/Very Young or Very old
Clinical Manifestations[previous][top][next]
- Typical Clinical Presentation
- Fever in Cellular Immune Defect
- Presentation/Fever in Recent Immigrant/Home country visit
- Presentation/Fever recent Travel/long visit return
- Presentation/Fulminant sepsis/prostration
- Presentation/Toddler acute fever/toxic/pale/lethargic
- SBI/Systemic bacterial infection child
- Clinical Presentation & Variations
- Disease Progression
- Course/Acute
- Course/Acute only
- Course/Severe illness
- Elderly/aged patients do poorly/course
- Incubation/3 to 70 days (often 6 weeks)
- Incubation/Long
- Incubation/three weeks
- Signs & Symptoms
- Child
- Infant
- Rigors/Shaking chills
- Chest Pain
- Chest Pain in Children
- Tachycardia/Fast heart rate
- Fever and Rash
- Rash
- Abdominal Pain
- Acute Diarrhea
- Acute Diarrhea in Children
- AIDS with Diarrhea
- Diarrhea
- Diarrhea in Children
- Lymphadenopathy
- Lymphadenopathy, systemic
- Hepatomegaly
- Hepatosplenomegaly
- Jaundice of newborn
- Palpable Liver
- Muscle Pain
- Myalgias
- Tender or painful muscles/Myalgias
- AIDS with Altered Mental State
- Altered mental status/Mental status change
- Ataxia
- Ataxia/Staggering Gait
- Confusion/agitation on exam
- Confusion/Disoriented
- Cranial nerve abnormalities/involvement/signs
- Febrile seizure/children
- Headache
- Lethargy/torpor
- Station change adjustment/infant poor
- Stiff neck/Nuchal rigidity
- Sudden unconsciousness
- Unable to tandem walk/straight line
- Red or inflammed pharynx
- Sore throat/Pharyngitis
- Sore Throat/Throat Pain
- Dysuria
- Urine Frequency
- Splenomegaly
- Acute sepsis syndrome
- Acutely ill patient/signs
- Children sicker than adults
- Chills
- Collapse/Prostration
- Debilitated
- Enervated/extreme acute fatigue
- Fatigue/tiredness/exhaustion
- Fever
- Fever in Immigrants
- Fever in kids
- Fever in kids/Under 3
- Fever, high
- Fever/Febrile Possible
- Flu-Like Syndrome
- High body temperature
- Malaise
- Old and Very young patients/do poorly
- Bloodshot eyes/Conjunctival injection
- Red Eyes Bilateral
- Scleral Injection
- Typical Clinical Presentation
Laboratory Tests[previous][top][next]
- Microbiology & Serology Findings
- Microlab/Blood culture positive
- Microlab/Bacillus/rods on smear
- Microlab/DNA probe techniques/Abnormal
- Microlab/Gram-positive bacillus seen
- Microlab/Listeria monocytogenes isolation
- Microlab/Urine culture/pathogen present
- Microlab/Stool culture/enteric pathogens abnormal
- Stool Microscopic polys present
- Abnormal Lab Findings (Non Measured)
- Abnormal Lab Findings - Increased
- Microbiology & Serology Findings
Associated Diseases & Rule outs[previous][top][next]
- Rule Outs
- Associated Disease & Complications
- Abortion/miscarriage
- Acute gastroenteritis
- Amnionitis
- Bacteremia/Septicemia
- Bacterial endocarditis/acute
- Bilirubinemia
- Cholecystitis without gallstones
- Cholecystitis, acute
- Conjunctivitis
- Cutaneous abscess/subcutaneous
- Endocarditis, infective
- Endocarditis/all
- Endophthalmitis
- Febrile convulsion
- Fetal damage/teratogenic effect
- Fetal infection/manifestation/involvement
- Fetal wastage
- Gastroenteritis, acute infectious
- Listeria hepatitis/newborn
- Listeria meningitis
- Listeriosis/Listeria monocytogenes
- Lymphadenitis
- Meningitis, bacterial
- Meningoencephalitis
- Neonatal Listeriosis/Hepatitis
- Osteomyelitis
- Otitis media
- Palsy, sixth nerve
- Palsy, third nerve
- Peritonitis. acute
- Pleurisy
- Pneumonia of newborn
- Pneumonia, bacterial
- Pneumonia/Bronchopneumonia
- Pneumonitis, secondary
- Prematurity/infant
- Respiratory distress (adult) syndrome
- Sixth nerve palsy
- Splenic abscess
- Stillborn
- Subacute endocarditis, infective
- Visceral abscesses
- Disease Synergy - Causes
- Synergy/Hemochromotosis
- Synergy/High iron stores
- Synergy/Immune deficiency
Disease Mechanism & Classification[previous][top][next]
- Specific Agent
- AGENT/Aerobic bacteria (example)
- AGENT/Bacteria (category)
- AGENT/Cold tolerant
- AGENT/Epizootic disease (ex)
- AGENT/Gram positive bacillus/rods (ex)
- AGENT/Gram positive bacteria (ex)
- AGENT/Intracellular organism pathophysiology
- AGENT/Moderatly Contagious/Infectious
- AGENT/Motile bacteria/Flagella (example)
- AGENT/Non-motile bacteria (example)
- AGENT/Ubiqitous in soil
- AGENT/Zoonosis disease (ex)
- Class
- CLASS/Reportable/CDC/National list infection (ex)
- Pathophysiology
- Pathophysiology/Congenital infection/predisposition
- Pathophysiology/Granulomatous liver disease
- Process
- PROCESS/Infection/agent specific (category)
- PROCESS/Inflammatory/Granulomatous disease (ex)
- PROCESS/Granulomatous Disease
- Specific Agent
Treatment[previous][top][next]
- Drug Therapy - Indication
- RX/Ampicillin (Polycillin)
- RX/Antibiotic
- RX/Fusidic acid (Fusidin)
- RX/Gentamycin (Garamycin)
- RX/Penicillin
- RX/Penicillin/Aminoglycoside
- Other Treatments
- TX/Infection/isolation/quarantine
- Drug Therapy - Indication
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