title: Listeria meningitis in children: report of two cases.
abstract: We report two cases of meningitis caused by Listeria monocytogenes in children. The first patient was a healthy 14-month-old boy and the second patient a 3-year-old girl with Byler disease which, however, is not reported as a predisposing factor for listeriosis. We present these cases because Listeria infection, although common in neonates, is extremely infrequent during infancy and childhood.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Pediatrics, Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Economou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karyda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kansouzidou
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kavaliotis
mesh_terms: D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002780:Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008584:Meningitis, Listeria / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D002511:Cephalosporins; D002443:Ceftriaxone