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First cardiac MRI scan. (A) Four-chamber early gadolinium enhancement (EGE) showing RA thrombus (arrow, images A-E), (B) fourchamber late gadolinium enhancement, (C) four-chamber STIR with marker showing myocardial oedema of RA septum and infero-lateral wall (arrows), (D) short-axis (SAX) CINE showing RA thickening (arrow), (E) SAX late gadolinium enhancement and phase sensitive inversion recovery (PSIR) showing extensive enhancement of RA with mural thrombus (arrow), and (F) SAX STIR imaging showing extensive myocardial oedema of inferior wall (arrow).
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Pericarditis is a common cardiology presentation, most often due to a viral or idiopathic cause. Listeria as a cause of pericarditis is rare. Listeria is an infection that is readily treatable with antibiotics following accurate identification. Without adequate treatment, Listeria infection has a high mortality rate.
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... [121] In pregnant women, listeriosis may show flu like symptoms and infection, can cause pre term delivery, miscarriage and meningitis in new born babies. [122][123][124][125] Brown et al. [126] reported a case of Listeria pericarditis in right atrial mural thrombus. Listeria pericarditis reported a highly mortality rate of about 60% which is a very serious concern to cardiology. ...
isteria monocytogenes, Gram positive bacteria, rod-shaped, intracellular, opportunistic, invasive food borne bacterium, which is ubiquitous in nature. Soil, vegetation, sewage, water, and fecal materials are its primary source through which it reaches to our food system. It is one of the leading food borne bacteria which is pathogenic, causing Listeriosis in immunodeficient children, adult, pregnant women, central nervous system infection, bacteremia, and other clinical manifestation. Bacterium has arsenal of virulence factors Listeriolysin, phospholipases, internalins and Act A protein which help to enter, invade and infect the host cell, escape from autophagy and promote cell to cell spread. It can withstand diverse environmental parameters, that is, low temperatures, pH, osmotic and oxidative stress. Bacterium is deadly to humans and is food borne, causing economic losses and is a threat to food industry. Present review gives an overview of bacterial characteristics, etiology, isolation, distribution and pathogenicity of L. monocytogenes.Asian Pac. J. Health Sci., (2022);
