Symptomatic hydrocephalus and reversible spinal cord compression in Listeria monocytogenes meningitis. Case report.
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.
Raps
E C
EC
Department of Neurology, Graduate Hospital Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Gutmann
D H
DH
Brorson
J R
JR
O'Connor
M
M
Hurtig
H I
HI
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