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==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
The diagnosis of listeriosis should be considered in the following illnesses: | |||
* Febrile gastroenteritis from food born outbreaks, with unidentified pathogen by routine cultures | |||
* Neonatal sepsis or meningitis | |||
* Parenchymal brain infections or meningitis in the following patients: | |||
:* HIV | |||
:* Hematological malignancies | |||
:* History of organ transplant | |||
:* Treatment with corticosteroids | |||
:* Adults older than 50 years of age | |||
* Concomitant meningeal infection and of the brain parenchyma | |||
* Subcortical brain abscess | |||
* Fever during the 3rd trimester of fever | |||
* Identification of diphtheroids on: | |||
:* Blood cultures | |||
:* Gram stain | |||
:* CSF | |||
:* | |||
==References== | ==References== |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: João André Alves Silva, M.D. [2]
Overview
Differential Diagnosis
The diagnosis of listeriosis should be considered in the following illnesses:
- Febrile gastroenteritis from food born outbreaks, with unidentified pathogen by routine cultures
- Neonatal sepsis or meningitis
- Parenchymal brain infections or meningitis in the following patients:
- HIV
- Hematological malignancies
- History of organ transplant
- Treatment with corticosteroids
- Adults older than 50 years of age
- Concomitant meningeal infection and of the brain parenchyma
- Subcortical brain abscess
- Fever during the 3rd trimester of fever
- Identification of diphtheroids on:
- Blood cultures
- Gram stain
- CSF