Bacteremia for Listeria monocytogenes

Abstract

A study is done in the Laboratory of Microbiology of the Provincial Center of Hygiene of Guantanamo, from May 23 to May 30, 2011, with the target to identify the etilogical agent  of bacteremia in a patient with renal insufficiency. The studied universe was formed by a stump proceeding from the Laboratory of Microbiology of the Hospital Guantanamo, isolated of a culture, to whom different tests were done for its identification. The stump is identified as Listeria monocytogenes. The morphologic, cultural, biochemical characteristics are described and it was done antibiotic tests by the method of Kirby Bauer, reporting to the hospital, where the patient had a satisfactory evolution. It ends on the importance of the correct cleanliness of the vegetables before the consumption and to be opportune in the microbiological study before the sepsis suspicion.