Presenters on the morning news channel that you watch alert consumers to a food recall. A particular brand of ice cream has tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that causes asymptomatic or relatively mild disease in otherwise healthy individuals, but can be problematic in pregnant women. Your sister is expecting her first child, so you call her immediately and tell her about the recall. You fill her in on what you know about this organism and the disease it causes, having just learned about it yourself in your pre-nursing microbiology class. Your sister has questions that you are able to answer.
-If a person infected with L. monocytogenes develops meningitis, which of the following signs and symptoms would they experience?

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Meningitis is an infection of the brain and spinal cord, characterized by symptoms such as headache, stiff neck, and vomiting. Fever and muscle aches are more general symptoms that may also occur with Listeria infection, but they are not specific to meningitis. Nausea and diarrhea may occur with Listeria infection, but they are not typical of meningitis. Widespread tissue abscesses are not a common complication of Listeria infection.

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