Acute Listeria monocytogenes osteomyelitis.
The presentation and management of a case of acute Listeria monocytogenes osteomyelitis in a lady with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia are described. The literature on Listeria infection is briefly reviewed, and the importance of scrutinizing diphtheroid-like isolates in the laboratory is stressed.
D000208:Acute Disease; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology