Listeria Brainstem Encephalitis With Myelitis Misdiagnosed as Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis:Report of One Case

Danying WU; Qinxue WANG; Dongmei ZHU; Yujing GAN; Min HUANG; Suming ZHOU

doi:10.3881/j.issn.1000-503X.16340

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Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae ›› 2025, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (4) : 673-678. DOI: 10.3881/j.issn.1000-503X.16340

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Listeria Brainstem Encephalitis With Myelitis Misdiagnosed as Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis:Report of One Case

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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.

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Listeria monocytogenes / brainstem encephalitis / myelitis / acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

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Danying WU , Qinxue WANG , Dongmei ZHU , et al . Listeria Brainstem Encephalitis With Myelitis Misdiagnosed as Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis:Report of One Case[J]. Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae. 2025, 47(4): 673-678 https://doi.org/10.3881/j.issn.1000-503X.16340

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