Transient immunologic defect in a case of Listeria rhombencephalitis
A. Goday, F. Lozano, J. Santamaria, T. Gallart and E. Tolosa
We report a case of Listeria rhombencephalitis in a previously healthy
60-year-old man. Listeria rhombencephalitis is a rare but well-defined
clinical syndrome of lower brain-stem involvement caused by Listeria
monocytogenes. Contrary to other listerioses, rhombencephalitis has been
mainly observed in patients without predisposing conditions. In our case,
however, findings of a detailed immunologic study, performed three months
and one year, respectively, after clinical onset of Listeria
rhombencephalitis manifestations, showed a transient cellular immunity
defect, not associated with any other apparent disease.