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2736496

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-7-28
pubmed:abstractText
Thirteen cases of Listeria monocytogenes infection occurred at the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center over a 10-year period, representing 0.09% of all admissions. These cases principally occurred in patients with underlying hematologic of lymphoreticular malignancy, but in all patients other causes of immune suppression were also present. Corticosteroids were the most frequent exogenous cause of immune suppression. Bacteremia was detected more frequently than meningitis and in contrast to earlier reports, bacteriologic cure was achieved in 12 of 13 patients. Therapeutic success appeared to be related to early institution of effective antimicrobial agents. Despite eradication of infection, seven of the patients were dead within three months from progression of their underlying disease. The overall survival rate of cancer patients with listeriosis is therefore a function of the underlying malignancy and not the infection.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0008-543X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
64
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
516-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Listeriosis in the setting of malignant disease. Changing issues in an unusual infection.
pubmed:affiliation
Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.