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LISTERIOSIS AND AIDS - CASE-REPORT AND LITERATURE-REVIEW
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Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De Sao Paulo. Inst Medicina Tropical, v. 34, n. 5, n. 475, n. 478, 1992.
0036-4665
WOS:A1992JW66200016
Autor
DASILVA, LJ
RESENDE, MR
DEABREU, WB
AOKI, FH
BOCATTO, RBS
BRANCHINNI, MLM
GONCALES, FL
DELIMA, JN
VONNOWAKONSKI, A
PAPAIORDANOU, PMO
PEDRO, RD
ROSSI, CL
Institución
Resumen
Listeriosis is a not uncommon infection in humans, usually associated with immunodeficient states and with newborns. However, relatively few cases have been reported in HIV-infected patients. This scarcity of reported cases has aroused interest in the association of listerosis and AIDS. In this paper we present a case of meningitis and septicemia caused by Listeria monocytogenes in a female patient with AIDS. A review of recent medical literature indicates that association of listeriosis and AIDS may be more common than it seems. Recent research in host-parasite interaction in listerial infection suggests an important role for tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and for integralin, a bacterial protein, in modulating listerial disease in AIDS patients. Inadequate diagnosis may be in part responsible for the scarcity of reports. 34 5 475 478