José Miranda-Bautista, Camilo Padilla-Suárez, Emilio Bouza, Patricia Muñoz, Luis Menchén, Ignacio Marín-Jiménez
BACKGROUND: Listeria monocytogenes (LM) is a gram-positive intracellular bacillus that in immunodeficient patients, children, geriatric patients, pregnant women, and even in healthy individuals can cause central nervous system infection, bacteremia, and other clinical manifestations, becoming a relevant pathogen. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From the Microbiology Service data of 'Gregorio Marañón' Hospital, we selected all positive biological sample cultures for LM from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients, from January 1986 until January 2011...
November 2014: European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology