title: Listeria monocytogenes hepatitis in a liver transplant recipient: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Listeria is an uncommon cause of hepatitis in adults. We report the case of a liver transplant recipient who presented with a clinical picture of acute hepatitis, 8 months after grafting. Blood cultures yielded Listeria monocytogenes. The patient made a full clinical recovery after adequate antimicrobial therapy (ampicillin and gentamicin intravenously for 4 weeks). Hepatitis was attributed to the Listeria infection. We believe this is the first reported case of Listeria hepatitis in an organ transplant recipient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Tavares
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rickaert
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Deprez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liesnard
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moonens
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van de Stadt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gelin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adler
mesh_terms: D006505:Hepatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes; D008088:Listeriosis; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence