Intra-abdominal abscess caused by Listeria monocytogenes in a patient with acquired hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia

South Med J. 2002 Nov;95(11):1350-2.

Abstract

We report a case of an intra-abdominal abscess caused by Listeria monocytogenes in a postoperative patient with Evans syndrome (acquired hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia). Focal infections with L. monocytogenes are uncommon but have been reported in immunocompromised patients. A few cases of liver abscess in diabetic patients have also been reported. The present case is significant because of the paucity of previously described focal intra-abdominal infections caused by L. monocytogenes, particularly as a postsplenectomy pathogen.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Abscess / complications
  • Abdominal Abscess / microbiology*
  • Adult
  • Anemia, Hemolytic / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Listeriosis / complications*
  • Postoperative Complications / microbiology
  • Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / microbiology*
  • Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / surgery
  • Splenectomy