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CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION
Volume 24, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.03.003
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Immunosuppression; Listeria monocytogenes; Listeriosis; Pleural effusion; Pneumonia
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- Institut Pasteur, Sante Publique, France
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Objectives: Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) is a foodborne human pathogen responsible for severe infections, including septicaemia, neurolisteriosis, and maternal-foetal and focal infections. Little is known about Lm-associated respiratory tract or lung infections. Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of culture-proven cases of Lm pleural infections and pneumonia reported to the French National Reference Centre for Listeria from January 1993 to August 2016. Results: Thirty-eight consecutive patients with pleural infection (n = 32), pneumonia (n = 5), or both (n = 1) were studied; 71% of these were men. Median age was 72 (range 29-90). Two patients presented with concomitant neurolisteriosis. All patients but one reported at least one immunosuppressive condition (97%), with a median number of 2 (range 0-5), including 29% (8/28) with current exposure to immunosuppressive therapy and 50% (17/34) with ongoing neoplasia; 75% (21/28) reported previous pleural or pulmonary disease. Antibiotic therapy mostly consisted in amoxicillin (72%) associated with aminoglycoside in 32%. Chest-tube drainage was performed in 7/19 patients with empyema (37%); 25% of the patients (7/30) required intensive care management. In-hospital mortality reached 35% and occurred after a median time interval of 4 days (range 1-33 days). Three patients had recurrence of empyema (time interval of 1 week to 4 months after treatment completion). Altogether, only 13/31 patients (42%) diagnosed with Lm respiratory infection experienced an uneventful outcome at 2-year follow-up. Conclusion: Lm is a rare but severe cause of pneumonia and pleural infection in older immunocompromised patients, requiring prompt diagnosis and adequate management and follow-up. M. Morgand, Clin Microbiol Infect 2018; 24: 1339.e1-1339.e5 (C) 2018 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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