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Neurolisteriosis Presenting as Recurrent Transient Ischemic Attacks
Ann Neurol 48:661-665, Staudinger,R.,et al, 2000
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Article Abstract
An elderly man experienced recurrent transient episodes of right arm weakness and expressive aphasia. He was initially treated with aspirin and then with coumadin. Thirteen days after initial presentation, he became febrile and had signs o f meningitis. The illness progressed relentlessly to death 9 weeks after admission to the hospital. Necropsy showed prominent meningitis with vasculitis extending into the left frontal lobe. Polymerase chain reaction identified the organism as Listeria monocytogenes.
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