Increased Risk of Meningitis and Bacteremia Due to Listeria monocytogenes in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
- 1 August 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 17 (2) , 224-227
- https://doi.org/10.1093/clinids/17.2.224
Abstract
The incidence, demographics, and clinical outcome of infections due to Listeria monocytogenes in individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were evaluated by prospective population-based surveillance. During a 2-year study period, 37 cases of invasive listeriosis occurred in metropolitan Atlanta (annual incidence, 0.8 case per 100,000 population). Seven of these cases occurred in known HIV-infected individuals (19% of all cases); five had an AIDS-defining illness, and the other two had CD4 lymphocyte cell counts of L. monocytogenes serotypes l/2a, l/2b, and 4b were isolated from the HIV-infected patients. L. monocytogenes is an important opportunistic pathogen in HIV-infected patients.Keywords
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