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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
Volume 17, Issue 4, Pages 286-287Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2005.12.006
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listeriosis; Listeria ivanovii; septicemia; carcinoma
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Of the six known species of Listeria, Listeria monocytogenes is classified as the only human pathogen causing listeriosis, a highly fatal, opportunistic infection contracted via food. Listeria ivanovii is the only other pathogenic species of the genus and is considered to be specific to ruminants, except for extremely rare cases of infection in humans. We report here on a 64-year-old male patient with L. ivanovii who responded favorably to treatment with intravenous ampicillin. (C) 2006 European Federation of Internal Medicine. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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