Listeria Brainstem Encephalitis With Myelitis Misdiagnosed as Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis:Report of One Case.
10.3881/j.issn.1000-503X.16340
- 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.
