Vision Loss following Intraocular Listeriosis Associated with Contaminated Cantaloupe.

Case Rep Ophthalmol

Epidemic Intelligence Service, USA ; New Mexico Department of Health, Santa Fe, N. Mex., USA.

Published: May 2013

Intraocular listeriosis, a rare manifestation of invasive listeriosis, has a poor visual prognosis. We report an intraocular listeriosis case related to a multistate outbreak associated with contaminated cantaloupe. Increasing awareness of rare listeriosis presentations might facilitate timely diagnosis and treatment, and case reporting can clarify medical and epidemiologic aspects of listeriosis.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3725015PMC
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