Murray, Webb and Swann, 1 it was many years before more than an oocasional human case
was reported in the literature. In the last 20 years, however, numerous cases in infants and …

A microorganism such as Listeria monocytogenes might serve to remind those who work
with bacteria that not all of the important microorganisms related to disease in human beings …

Discussion Listeria is increasingly recognized as a cause of meningitis in adult as well as
paediatric patients. Isolation in the laboratory, however, may be difficult. The organism may …

The points of interest are the comparatively rare pathogenic agent, the presence of a deep
dermoid sinus in the sacrococcygeal area as a possible site of entry of the infection, and the …

As recently as 1954 the English literature contained only 37 reported cases of meningitis
due to Listeria monocytogenes? but in the following years 1957 through 1959 an additional …

Listeria infections are common amongst animals, but do not often occur in man. The case
reported here was of a boy aged 3 months, the youngest of three children, who had a birth …

The identification of Listeria monocytogenes as a cause of bacterial meningitis often has
been missed due to its morphologic similarity to nonpathogenic diphtheroids. This gram …

A case of Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in the neonatal period, diagnosed primarily by
blood culture, is presented. Recovery was uneventful. The organism showed in-vitro …

The clinical manifestations of listeria men-ingitis present no features which distinguish it from
acute pyogenic meningitis caused by other organisms, including a fulminating course which …

DISCUSSION Listeriosis in man may take many forms including recurrent abortion,
septicemia of the newborn, and meningitis occurring at any age. Meningitis in a previously …