A CASE OF MENINGITIS CAUSED BY LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES THE FIRST CASE REPORT OF HUMAN INFECTION IN JAPAN

TAIICHI ITO; TOMOO SAKUMA; JIRO UTSUMI; YUJI IBATA

doi:10.1111/j.1348-0421.1959.tb00128.x

Japanese Journal of Microbiology

Print ISSN : 0021-5139

A CASE OF MENINGITIS CAUSED BY LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES

THE FIRST CASE REPORT OF HUMAN INFECTION IN JAPAN

TAIICHI ITO, TOMOO SAKUMA, JIRO UTSUMI, YUJI IBATA

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1959 Volume 3 Issue 3 Pages 319-329

DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1348-0421.1959.tb00128.x

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Listeria monocytogenes was isolated in pure culture from the cerebrospinal fluid of a child with symptoms of meningitis, and the disease was diagnosed as Meningitis listeriosa. This case is believed to be the first case of human listeriosis in Japan.

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