Listeria Brainstem Encephalitis With Myelitis Misdiagnosed as Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis:Report of One Case.
10.3881/j.issn.1000-503X.16340
- VernacularTitle:误诊为急性播散性脑脊髓炎的单核细胞增生李斯特菌脑干脑炎合并脊髓炎一例
- Author:
Dan-Ying WU
1
;
Qin-Xue WANG
1
;
Dong-Mei ZHU
1
;
Yu-Jing GAN
1
;
Min HUANG
1
;
Su-Ming ZHOU
1
Author Information
1. Department of Geriatrics Intensive Care Unit,The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University,Nanjing 210029,China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
acute disseminated encephalomyelitis;
brainstem encephalitis;
myelitis
- MeSH:
Humans;
Brain Stem/pathology*;
Diagnostic Errors;
Encephalitis/complications*;
Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated/diagnosis*;
Listeriosis/complications*;
Myelitis/complications*
- From:
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
2025;47(4):673-678
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Listeria brainstem encephalitis with myelitis is extremely rare in clinical practice.Since the clinical manifestations are non-specific,MRI is helpful for diagnosis.Positive cerebrospinal fluid culture is considered the gold standard for diagnosis.This article reports a case of an immunocompetent individual with listeria brainstem encephalitis with myelitis,aiming to enhance the awareness of this condition.
