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Rapidly Progressive Ophthalmoplegia and Brainstem-Cerebellar Dysfunction in Rhombencephalitis Caused by Listeria monocytogenes
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Sung-Sik Kim, Jong-Hun Kim, Jin-Heui Lee, Seung-Han Lee
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Res Vestib Sci. 2017;16(1):29-33. Published online March 15, 2017
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21790/rvs.2017.16.1.29
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- Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) is a rare, but important bacterial pathogen causing central nervous system infection in the elderly, pregnant women, and immunocompromised patients. A 60-year-old man with diabetes presented with headache, fever and rapidly progressive ophthalmoplegia. Based on serological and MRI studies, he was diagnosed with rhombencephalitis due to L. monocytogenes. The patient recovered without complications with urgent initiation of empirical antibiotics and the pathogen-specific antibiotic treatment. L. monocytogenes should be considered as a cause of rhombencephalitis presenting as external ophthalmoplegia.
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Rapidly progressive ophthalmoplegia and brainstem-cerebellar dysfunction in rhombencephalitis caused by Listeria monocytogenes
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Sung Sik Kim, Jong-Hun Kim, Jin-Heui Lee, Seung-Han Lee
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Received February 7, 2017 Accepted February 28, 2017 Published online February 28, 2017
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[Accepted]
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Abstract
- Listeria monocytogenes is a rare, but important bacterial pathogen causing central nervous system infection in the elderly, pregnant women, and immunocompromised patients. A 60-year-old man with diabetes presented with headache, fever and rapidly progressive ophthalmoplegia. Based on serological and MRI studies, he was diagnosed with rhombencephalitis due to Listeria monocytogenes. The patient recovered without complications with urgent initiation of empirical antibiotics and the pathogen-specific antibiotic treatment. Listeria monocytogenes should be considered as a cause of rhombencephalitis presenting as external ophthalmoplegia.
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