Rising in Listeria monocytogenes infection – any risk for persons living with HIV?
Rising in Listeria monocytogenes infection – any risk for persons living with HIV?
Elena Vázquez 1, Victor Moreno-Torres 2, Vicente Soriano 3
1 Universidad internacional de La Rioja (UNIR), Madrid, Spain; 2 Universidad internacional de La Rioja (UNIR); Puerta de Hierro University Hospital. Madrid, Spain; 3 UNIR Health Sciences School and Medical Center, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, Madrid, Spain
*Correspondence: Elena Vázquez, Email not available
Abstract
Infection by the bacterium Lysteria monocytogenes can produce gastrointestinal symptoms or severe systemic clinical forms, with sepsis, abscesses, meningitis, etc. Although it is a rare disease, it is on the rise in Europe and North America.
