title: Recurrent Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in a heart transplant recipient.
abstract: A case of recurrent Listeria monocytogenes meningitis is reported, the two episodes arising 4 months and 8 months after the patient had received a heart transplant. Both episodes immediately followed increased doses of corticosteroids for allograft rejection. The source of infection was not identified. Previous reports and possible explanations of recurrent L. monocytogenes infection are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, U.K.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Larner
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Conway
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Forfar
mesh_terms: D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008584:Meningitis, Listeria / Q000209:etiology*; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D008775:Methylprednisolone