Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: Is There a Risk for Listeria monocytogenes Infection?

Table 2

Cases of listeria infection following liver transplantation.

Age (yr)	Sex	Time post LTX	Clinical presentation	Treatment	Outcome	Ref
53	M	5 d	Meningitis with headache, mental decline	Ampicillin	Survived	[8]
66	F	32 mo	Fever, hypotension, bacteremia	Ampicillin	Survived	[9]
39	F	7 d	Fever, abdominal pain, bacteremia	Ampicillin	Survived	[10]
66	F	32 mo	Fever, right flank pain, anorexia, bacteremia	Ampicillin	Survived	[11]
39	F	7 d	Fever, abdominal pain, bacteremia	Ampicillin	Survived	[12]
55	F	4 mo	Fever, abdominal pain, bacteremia	TMP-SMX	Survived	[13]
57	F	20 mo	Bacteremia, hepatitis	Ampicillin	Survived	[14]
56	F	8 mo	Bacteremia, hepatitis	Ampicillin, Gentamicin	Survived	[15]
41	F	10 mo	Endocarditis, bacteremia, hepatitis, pulmonary emboli	Ampicillin, Gentamicin	Survived	[16]
47	F	NR	Peritonitis, bacteremia	Ampicillin, Amikacin	Survived	[17]
11 mo	M	7 d	Meningitis, epididymitis, orchitis	Ampicillin	Survived	[18]
NR	NR	14 d	Meningitis	NR	Survived	[19]
67	F	21 d	Meningitis	Ampicillin	Died	[20]
13	F	4 mo	Meningitis	Ampicllin, Tetracycline	Died	[21]
29	M	4 d	Fever, abdominal pain, cholestasis	Ampicillin	Survived	[22]

Abbreviations: TMP-SMX: trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; NR: not reported.