A case report of bloodstream infection caused by Listeria
monocytogenes
QI Li-Ming1,2； CUI Yi1,3；LIU Gen-Yan1
1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China；2. Department of Laboratory Medicine, People’sHospital of Suining County, Suining 221200, China; 3. College of Life Science and Technology, China Pharmaceutical University,210009, China
Abstract：Listeria monocytogenes ( LM) is an important pathogen causing bacteremia and meningoencephalitis among newborns, pregnant women, the elderly, and immunosuppressed patients. Low incidence but high mortality characterizes a bloodstreaminfection caused by LM. Isolation and identification of LMare not easy in the clinical microbiology laboratory. In the present paper, acase of LM blood infection is presented, whichwas diagnosed rapidly by amplifying prfA gene through polymerase chain reaction in addition to traditional microbiological assays.
戚丽敏1,2; 崔屹1,3; 刘根焰1 . 产单核细胞李斯特菌血流感染1例报道[J]. 微生物与感染
, 2009, 4(4): 228-230 .
QI Li-Ming1,2; CUI Yi1,3; LIU Gen-Yan. A case report of bloodstream infection caused by Listeria
monocytogenes. Journal of Microbes and Infections, 2009, 4(4): 228-230 .
2009, Vol. 4 
