LISTERIOZNYY MENINGOENCEPHALIT ON THE PHONE OF THE NEW CORONAVIRUS INFANTRY. CLINICAL CASE

Abstract

Among the bacteria that infect the central nervous system (CNS), Listeria monocytogenes (a facultative intracellular bacterium, Lm) is one of the most deadly for humans and animals. Listeriosis affects domestic and agricultural animals (pigs, small and large cattle, horses, rabbits, rarely cats and dogs), as well as domestic and decorative birds (geese, chickens, ducks, turkeys, pigeons, parrots and canaries). Lm can be detected in fish and seafood (shrimp). The source of infection with Lm are animals in which the disease proceeds in the form of manifest, erased and asymptomatic forms with a transition to long-term carriage. This pathogen is found all over the world in food products and in most cases infection occurs when eating contaminated food. Embryos, newborns, elderly people and persons with immunodeficiency states and chronic diseases are especially prone to disease. Lm is capable of causing intracranial hemorrhage, meningitis, meningoencephalitis (ME) and rhombencephalitis. In this work, we present our own clinical observation of the development of severe listeriosis ME in a patient older than 40 years on the background of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).