Introduction: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in the immunocompetent is generally silent or it may present as a mononucleosis like syndrome but, rarely, it can lead to symptomatic manifestations.
Case Report: An immunocompetent and previously healthy 43- year-old woman presented with fever, dyspnoea, liver cell necrosis and a mononucleosis syndrome. The CT scan showed diffuse ground-glass opacity.
Infections due to Listeria monocytogenes usually occur in pregnant women, in elderly or immunocompromised patients. We report the case of an immunosuppressed woman who had been hospitalized for a meningoencephalitis due to L. monocytogenes.
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