title: Listeria meningitis and ventriculitis in an immunocompetent child: case report and literature review.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel. shalomb2@clalit.org.il
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ben Shimol
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Einhorn
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Greenberg
mesh_terms: D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D058565:Cerebral Ventriculitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008584:Meningitis, Listeria / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005839:Gentamicins; D000667:Ampicillin