International Journal of STD & AIDS > Volume 18, Number 6 > Pp. 431-432

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Case reports

Listeriosis associated with upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in an HIV-infected patient

E E Low, B Nathan, B M Killingley, M Nelson and B Gazzard

Department of HIV and GUM, St Stephen's Centre, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH, UK; Department of HIV and GUM, St Stephen's Centre, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH, UK; Department of HIV and GUM, St Stephen's Centre, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH, UK; Department of HIV and GUM, St Stephen's Centre, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH, UK; Department of HIV and GUM, St Stephen's Centre, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH, UK

An HIV-infected man developed listeriosis six days after an upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy. Although listeriosis has been rarely described following lower GI endoscopy, we believe this is the first case related to upper GI endoscopy.

Key Words: HIV • AIDS • LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES • LISTERIOSIS • ENDOSCOPY

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