[Bacteraemia due to L. monocytogenes: Description of cases and review of literature].

Bacteraemia due to L. monocytogenes is a sporadic disease related to advanced age or neoplasms, and mortality associated with this disease is high. This study aims to describe the epidemiological, clinical, and therapeutics characteristics of this specific disease, through a retrospective descriptive analysis of cases with positive blood cultures from Calatayud Hospital, from 2008 to 2018.

[Peritoneal tuberculosis: a 16-year review in a general hospital].

Introduction: Peritoneal tuberculosis (PT) is a form of abdominal tuberculosis that accounts for 1%-3% of all cases of tuberculous disease and often manifests with non-specific symptoms.

Methods: Cases of PT diagnosed over a period of 16 years are reviewed and the epidemiological, clinical, diagnostic, and outcome data are analyzed.

Results: Among 462 patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis, PT was documented in 13 patients (2.