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BRAIN PATHOLOGY
Volume 15, Issue 3, Pages 187-191Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2005.tb00519.x
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Brain stem encephalitis is a particular manifestation of infection with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. Here, we present the neuropathological findings in 9 such cases. In the brain stem, the inflammatory infiltrates were located predominantly within nuclei and tracts of cranial nerves innervating the oropharynx. These findings support the hypothesis that the food-borne bacterium Listeria monocytogenes invades the brain stem along cranial nerves.
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