Listeria

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About

  • Gram positive bacilli
  • facultative anaerobe
  • beta haemolytic
  • GI commensals in animals
  • Soft cheeses

Diseases

  • Acute pyogenic meningitis – bacteriaemia, encephalitis
  • In pregnant women, can cause placentitis

Treatment

  • Ampicillin