Listeria-associated lymphadenitis: a series of 11 consecutive cases and review of the literature

Mathieu Blot (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) , Olivier Disson (5) , Alexandre Leclercq (1, 2) , Alexandra Moura (1, 2, 5) , Hélène Bracq-Dieye (1, 2) , Pierre Thouvenot (1, 2) , Guillaume Valès (1, 2) , Barbara Burroni (6) , Audrey Lupo (6) , Marc Lecuit (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) , Caroline Charlier (1, 2, 6, 3, 4, 5)

1 CNRL - Centre National de Référence Listeria - National Reference Center Listeria
2 CC-OMS / WHO-CC - Centre collaborateur de l'OMS Listeria / WHO Collaborating Centre Listeria
3 Service des Maladies infectieuses et tropicales [CHU Necker]
4 Imagine - U1163 - Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IHU)
5 Biologie des Infections - Biology of Infection
6 UFR Médecine UPCité - UFR Médecine [Santé] - Université Paris Cité

We studied 11 cases of culture-proven Listeria-associated lymphadenitis reported to the French National Reference Center for Listeria from 1994 to 2019, and 8 additional published cases. Listeria-associated lymphadenitis is rare but associated with a mortality as high as for invasive listeriosis, and frequently diagnosed with concomitant neoplasia.

Mots clés: Listeria monocytogenes; adenitis; cancer

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]; Médecine humaine et pathologie; Maladies infectieuses; Microbiologie et Parasitologie; Bactériologie

Mathieu Blot, Olivier Disson, Alexandre Leclercq, Alexandra Moura, Hélène Bracq-Dieye, et al.. Listeria-associated lymphadenitis: a series of 11 consecutive cases and review of the literature. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2022, 9 (1), pp.ofab598. ⟨10.1093/ofid/ofab598⟩. ⟨pasteur-03658068⟩