Open AccessListeria monocytogenes meningitis
Author(s) -
Matsuo Takahiro,
Mori Nobuyoshi,
Sakurai Aki,
Furukawa Keiichi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.1419
Subject(s) - listeria monocytogenes , medicine , listeria , microbiology and biotechnology , pathogen , gram staining , bacteria , biology , immunology , antibiotics , genetics
Key Clinical Message Tumbling motility is one of the useful characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes . This can be helpful to identify the causative pathogen along with Gram staining before the confirmatory microbiological examination.