[Listeriosis in a patient with hemodialysis and iron overload].
A case of listeriosis in a patient undergoing long-term hemodialysis is reported. The 69-year-old man with chronic renal failure due to polycystic renal dysplasia had received hemodialysis treatment for 10 years. Renal anemia and iron overload developed within this time. In the course of a hemodialysis the patient presented with malaise, chills and fever to 38.7 degrees C. Blood culture specimens were obtained and the patient received ampicillin-sulbactam. Blood culture specimens subsequently showed growth of Listeria monocytogenes. During therapy the patient improved rapidly and was free from fever on day 5. The relation of iron overload and Listeria infection is discussed.
Seeger
Wolfgang
W
Praxis für Nierenkrankheiten und Dialyse/Tagesklinik, Berlin.
Hugo
Ferdinand
F
Heine
Claus
C
Handrick
Werner
W
D000368:Aged; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000740:Anemia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D019190:Iron Overload / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D013407:Sulbactam / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; C035444:sultamicillin; D000667:Ampicillin; D013407:Sulbactam