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ArticleJournal of neurovirology2020

Listeria rhombencephalitis mimicking acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in a patient without predisposing medical conditions.

Hongna Yang, Cuilan Wang, Hao Wang, Shifang Ding

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Article in Journal of neurovirology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hongna YangDepartment of Critical-care Medicine, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Shandong University, Shandong Province, Jinan, 250012, China. 7216263@163.com.
Cuilan WangDepartment of Neurology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Shandong University, Shandong Province, Jinan, 250012, China.
Hao WangDepartment of Critical-care Medicine, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Shandong University, Shandong Province, Jinan, 250012, China.
Shifang DingDepartment of Critical-care Medicine, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Shandong University, Shandong Province, Jinan, 250012, China.
Qilu Hospital of Shandong University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Listeria rhombencephalitis (L. rhombencephalitis) is an uncommon form of central nervous system infection caused by Listeria monocytogenes (LM). It often occurs to immunocompetent individuals. Here, we described the case of a 45-year-old female patient without medical histories, who presented for high-grade fever, headache, and focal neurological manifestations. She was initially empirically diagnosed with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) because of clinical symptoms, acute clinical course, and neuroimaging. However, the biochemical analysis of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) questioned the diagnosis of ADEM. The final diagnosis of L. rhombencephalitis was based on CSF culture for LM. Thus, L. rhombencephalitis should be preferentially and empirically considered for a patient with significantly elevated lactic acid and moderately increased red cells in CSF at early time, accompanied with rapidly progressive neurological dysfunctions involved in the brain stem.

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BiomarkersDiagnosis, DifferentialEncephalitisEncephalomyelitis, Acute DisseminatedFemaleFeverHeadacheHumansLactic AcidListeria monocytogenesMagnetic Resonance ImagingMiddle AgedRhombencephalonBiomarkersLactic AcidAcute disseminated encephalitisCerebral spinal fluidLactic acidListeria monocytogenesListeria rhombencephalitis

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PMID32839947
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