title: A rare case of listeriosis, acute cholecystitis and multiple myeloma.
abstract: Listeria monocytogenes (LM) is an aerobic, motile, intracellular gram-positive bacterium. Most invasive systemic infections caused by LM are commonly seen in patients at both extremes of age, during pregnancy or in immunocompromised hosts. Common clinical manifestations of LM infection in immunocompromised adults are bacteremia, infections of central nervous system, such as meningitis, and self-limiting febrile gastroenteritis. Focal infections of listeria are rare, especially cholecystitis, with only few cases reported in the last 33 years. A 62-year-old man presented with multiple myeloma, cholecystitis and LM bacteremia. Due to prompt surgical treatment and antibiotics (amoxicillin plus clavulanic acid and gentamycin), this high-risk patient recovered without any complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Harlem Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA Thaispolanco10@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Thais O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Polanco
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Harlem Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alothman
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Harlem Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Hector
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Depaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Harlem Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Alexius
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramcharan