| Literature DB >> 30430399 |
Elias Fares1,2, Cindy B McCloskey3, Andres Gutierrez4, Michael Princiotta4, Linda J Salinas1, Douglas A Drevets5,6.
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BACKGROUND: Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne, facultative intracellular bacterium that causes severe diseases such as sepsis and meningoencephalitis in immunocompromised hosts. Because it stimulates robust T-lymphocyte-mediated responses, attenuated L. monocytogenes are candidate vaccine vectors for tumor immunotherapy. CASE: We report a case of bacteremia caused by vaccine strain L. monocytogenes (Axalimogene filolisbac) occurring 31 months after immunization against human papilloma virus (HPV) associated cervical cancer.Entities:
Keywords: Immunotherapy; Live vaccine; Recurrent listeriosis. Listeria vaccine
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Year: 2018 PMID: 30430399 DOI: 10.1007/s15010-018-1249-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infection ISSN: 0300-8126 Impact factor: 7.455