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Brainstem Encephalitis (Rhombencephalitis) Due to Listeria monocytogenes: Case Report and Review
Abstract
Listerial brainstem encephalitis is a rare disease. Only 62 cases have been reported previously; all were in adults, only 8% of whom were immunosuppressed. The disease has a characteristic biphasic course: a nonspecific prodrome of headache, nausea or vomiting, and fever lasting for several days is followed by progressive asymmetrical cranial-nerve palsies, cerebellar signs, hemiparesis or hypesthesia, and impairment of consciousness. Neck stiffness was initially present in only 55% of the cases described thus far. Studies of cerebrospinal fluid often revealed only mild abnormalities. Cultures of cerebrospinal fluid and blood were positive in 41% and 61% of cases, respectively. Respiratory failure occurred in 41% of cases. Initial computed tomography of the brain often gave normal results; magnetic resonance imaging better demonstrated brainstem abnormalities. Overall mortality was 51%. All untreated patients died. When treatment with ampicillin or penicillin was initiated early, the rate of survival was > 70%; however, neurological sequelae developed in 61% of survivors.
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- Authors
- Armstrong, R. W., & Fung, P. C.
- Venue
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1993-05-01
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 689-702
- ISSN
- 1058-4838 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-6591
- OpenAlex
- W1976085244
- Cited by
- 306
- References
- 29
- FWCI
- 4.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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