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

• Published in: Infection Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 207 - 211
• Main Authors: Ben Shimol, S., Einhorn, M., Greenberg, D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.04.2012; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Ampicillin - therapeutic use; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Case Report; Case reports; Cerebral Ventriculitis - drug therapy; Cerebral Ventriculitis - immunology; Cerebral Ventriculitis - microbiology; Child; Children; Family Medicine; Female; General Practice; Gentamicins - therapeutic use; Humans; Immunocompetence; Infectious Diseases; Internal Medicine; Listeria; Listeria monocytogenes; Listeria monocytogenes - isolation & purification; Literature reviews; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Meningitis; Meningitis, Listeria - drug therapy; Meningitis, Listeria - immunology; Meningitis, Listeria - microbiology; Neonates; Reviews; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Treatment Outcome; Ventriculitis; Meningitis; Ventriculitis
• ISSN: 0300-8126; 1439-0973
• DOI: 10.1007/s15010-011-0177-6

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.