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AI InsightAlthough available antibiotic therapy was given, he died on the 13th day of hospitalization.
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Abstract
Listeria monocytogenes is an important infective agent in both immunosupressed patients and patients with malignant disease. A 70-year-old male patient was hospitalized in the haematology department with fever and night sweatness. This patient, who was treated because of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and had taken his last chemoterapy six weeks ago, was pancytopenic and had fever. Listeria monocytogenes was grown in the hemoculture. Although available antibiotic therapy was given, he died on the 13th day of hospitalization.
Özet
Listeria monocytogenes maligniteli ve immün sistemi baskılanmış hastalarda önemli bir infeksiyon etkenidir. Yetmiş yaşında erkek hasta halsizlik, ateş ve gece terlemesi nedeniyle Hematoloji Kliniği'ne yatırıldı. Altı hafta önce Akut Myeloid Lösemi (AML) tanısıyla kemoterapi alan hastanın pansitopenisi ve ateşi vardı. Kan kültürlerinde L. monocytogenes izole edildi. Hasta uygun antimikrobiyal tedaviye karşın yatışının onüçüncü günü kaybedildi.