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Descriptor English:   Meningitis, Listeria 
Descriptor Spanish:   Meningitis por Listeria 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Meningite por Listeria 
Synonyms English:   Meningoencephalitis, Listeria  
Tree Number:   C01.252.200.500.500
C01.252.410.514.533
C10.228.228.180.500.500
C10.228.614.280.449
Definition English:   Inflammation of the meninges caused by LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES infection, usually occurring in individuals under the age of 3 years or over the age of 50 years. It may occur at any age in individuals with IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES. Clinical manifestations include FEVER, altered mentation, HEADACHE, meningeal signs, focal neurologic signs, and SEIZURES. (From Medicine 1998 Sep;77(5):313-36) 
Indexing Annotation English:   do not coord with LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES unless organism is particularly discussed
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy TM transmission
US ultrasonography UR urine
VE veterinary VI virology
Record Number:   8754 
Unique Identifier:   D008584 

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