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Listeria monocytogenes empyema and bacteremia complicating chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Author(s) -
Myers Thomas J.,
Rodgers John W.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19800801)46:3<619::aid-cncr2820460332>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - medicine , bacteremia , fulminant , listeria , listeria monocytogenes , empyema , chronic lymphocytic leukemia , listeria infection , leukemia , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , antibiotics , surgery , bacteria , biology , genetics
A 60‐year‐old man receiving corticosteroid and cyclophosphamide therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia developed an empyema and bacteremia due to Listeria monocytogenes . The rapidly fulminant course of Listeria infections in immunosuppressed hosts and the necessity of prompt treatment of Listeria empyemas are emphasized. Cancer 46:619–620, 1980.