Pneumonia caused by Listeria monocytogenes.
Pneumonia due to Listeria monocytogenes is extremely uncommon. We report the case of an 87-year-old woman with no underlying immunosuppressive disease who presented with listerial pneumonia. Cutaneous anergy and a decrease in total lymphocyte count in this elderly woman could predispose her to listerial infection.
García-Montero
M
M
Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
Rodríguez-García
J L
JL
Calvo
P
P
González
J M
JM
Fernández-Garrido
M
M
Loza
E
E
Serrano
M
M
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*