Listeria infection

Introduction: Listeria infection

Description of Listeria infection

Listeria infection (medical condition): Bacterial food poisoning...more »

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Listeria infection: gram positive bacterial infection with the genus Listeria including Listeria meningitis which causes clinical manifestations including fever, altered mentation, headache, meningeal signs, focal neurologic signs, and seizures.
Source: CRISP

Listeria infection: Infections with bacteria of the genus LISTERIA.
Source: MeSH 2007

Listeria infection: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Listeria infection:

• Listeria
• Infection (1293 causes)
• Infection symptoms (1293 causes)
• Gram
• Positive
• Bacterial
• Bacterial disease
• Meningitis (160 causes)

Listeria infection as a Disease

Listeria infection: Another name for Listeriosis (or close medical condition association).
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Listeria infection: Related Diseases

Listeria infection: Listeria infection is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Zoonotic Diseases
• Bacterial diseases
• Diseases contagious from food
• Diseases contagious contagious mother-to-fetus
• Diseases contagious from animals
• Conditions involving a pathogen
• Food-related conditions

Symptoms of Listeria infection (Listeriosis)

Some of the symptoms of Listeria infection incude:

• Mild symptoms
• Flu-like illness
• Fever
• Muscle aches
• Chills

See full list of 18 symptoms of Listeria infection (Listeriosis)

Treatments for Listeria infection (Listeriosis)

Treatments for Listeria infection (Listeriosis) include:

• Hospitalization
• Intravenous antibiotics
• Intravenous penicillin

Read more about treatments for Listeria infection

Treatment of Listeria infection: For more treatment information about Listeria infection, see treatment of Listeriosis (Listeria infection)

Listeria infection: Article Excerpts about Listeriosis

FDA Bad Bug Book (Excerpt)

Listeriosis is the name of the general group of disorders caused by L. monocytogenes. This is a Gram-positive bacterium, motile by...(Source: FDA Bad Bug Book)

Listeriosis (General): DBMD (Excerpt)

Listeriosis, a serious infection caused by eating food contaminated with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, ... (Source: excerpt from Listeriosis (General): DBMD)

Listeria infection: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Listeria infection:

• granulomatosis infantisepticum
• miscarriage
• stillbirth
• gastroenteritis
• meningoencephalitis
• encephalitis
• cranial nerve palsies
• cutaneous listeriosis

Terms associated with Listeria infection:

More specific terms for Listeria infection:

• Meningitis, Listeria

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Listeria infection

• Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections

Source - MeSH 2007

• bacterial disease

Source - CRISP

The term Listeria infection can be used for:

• listeriosis

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Listeria infection:

• Listeria

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Listeria infection

The following list attempts to classify Listeria infection into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
  • Bacterial Infections
    • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
      • Listeria Infections

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