Listeria meningitis and ventriculitis in an immunocompetent child: case report and literature review

S Ben Shimol; M Einhorn; D Greenberg

doi:10.1007/s15010-011-0177-6

Listeria meningitis and ventriculitis in an immunocompetent child: case report and literature review

Infection. 2012 Apr;40(2):207-11. doi: 10.1007/s15010-011-0177-6. Epub 2011 Aug 30.

Authors

S Ben Shimol¹, M Einhorn, D Greenberg

Affiliation

¹ Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel. shalomb2@clalit.org.il

PMID: 21877182
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-011-0177-6

Abstract

Listeria monocytogenes meningitis is very rare in immunocompetent children. We present a case of a previously healthy 6-year-old girl who developed L. monocytogenes meningitis and ventriculitis. We also review the medical literature on non-neonatal L. monocytogenes meningitis in immunocompetent children.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Ampicillin / therapeutic use
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Cerebral Ventriculitis / drug therapy
Cerebral Ventriculitis / immunology
Cerebral Ventriculitis / microbiology*
Child
Female
Gentamicins / therapeutic use
Humans
Immunocompetence
Listeria monocytogenes / isolation & purification
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Meningitis, Listeria / drug therapy
Meningitis, Listeria / immunology
Meningitis, Listeria / microbiology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Gentamicins
Ampicillin