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@entity1 @entity801 @entity712 @entity2176 @entity296 @entity5 @entity114 @entity2396 @entity5125 @entity102 @entity1503 @entity733 @entity869 @entity340 @entity791 @entity884
INTRODUCTION: @entity884 due to @entity5125 is a rare but serious disease often leading to @entity340 and @entity712 . Two cases of listerial prosthetic @entity340 are reviewed along with 66 cases previously reported. RESULTS: The mean age of @entity1 with @entity884 increased from 47.1 years in the decades from 1955-1984 to 65.5 years from 1985-2000. @entity102 , solid @entity5 and immunosuppression associated with organ transplantation, @entity1503 or @entity791 were found in 41.1% of cases. @entity884 was a vegetative and destructive process, with dehiscense of the prosthesis and occasionally, @entity733 formation, fistulization and @entity2396 . Treatment with @entity114 or @entity869 alone or combined with @entity801 was adequate therapy in most cases. @entity2176 together with @entity801 may be a reasonable alternative therapy. CONCLUSIONS: Despite problems associated with microbial persistence and relapses in other forms of human listeriosis, antimicrobial therapy alone may be a successful treatment for @entity884 , including cases occurring on prosthetic valves. Valve replacement may be reserved for complicated cases with valve dehiscense, @entity712 or @entity296 . Overall mortality was 35.3%, although most @entity1 who died did so before 1985 and since then mortality has been significantly reduced to 12%.
