Listeria monocytogenes encephalitis: an unusual cause of reversible confusion in a patient with glioblastoma multiforme.

Abstract:

:Confusion frequently occurs in patients with gliomas for a number of reasons. One cause is a superimposed intracerebral infection. The case of a 73-year-old man who deteriorated after debulking of a high-grade glioma is described. However, he was successfully treated for Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) diagnosed from blood cultures. This case highlights the importance for all health care workers to have a low threshold for diagnosing reversible causes of confusion in patients with gliomas - including this particularly rare cause, and not attributing their symptoms to the primary intracranial pathology.

journal_name

Br J Neurosurg

authors

Kalsi P,Tizzard S

doi

10.3109/02688697.2010.535927

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-06-01 00:00:00

pages

333-4

issue

3

eissn

0268-8697

issn

1360-046X

journal_volume

25

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