title: Symptomatic hydrocephalus and reversible spinal cord compression in Listeria monocytogenes meningitis. Case report.
abstract: Central nervous system infections with Listeria monocytogenes result in varied clinical syndromes ranging from meningitis to rhomboencephalitis. A case of Listeria meningitis complicated by symptomatic communicating hydrocephalus and hydrostatic cervical cord compression is presented which clinically and radiographically improved with aggressive ventricular drainage.
authors: Department of Neurology, Graduate Hospital Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors: E C
authors: EC
authors: Raps
authors: D H
authors: DH
authors: Gutmann
authors: J R
authors: JR
authors: Brorson
authors: M
authors: M
authors: O'Connor
authors: H I
authors: HI
authors: Hurtig
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008584:Meningitis, Listeria / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014696:Ventriculostomy / Q000379:methods