title: Systemic Listeria monocytogenes infection in a 2-year-old immunocompetent child.
abstract: Central nervous system infection and sepsis are the most frequently observed clinical presentations of listeriosis infection; however, they are rare in immunocompetent children beyond the neonatal period. In the presented case, we described gastrointestinal involvement, subacute meningitis, sinusitis and sepsis in a two-year-old previously healthy child with acute infection caused by Listeria monocytogenes. We suggest that the infection was probably enhanced by an inappropriate corticosteroid treatment at the onset of the disease, while immunological testing did not confirm the primary deficiency of cellular immunity.
authors: Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University and Children's University Hospital, Limbová 1, 833 40, Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Lobotková
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Dická
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Rolný
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Stankovič
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Čižnár
mesh_terms: D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008584:Meningitis, Listeria / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000667:Ampicillin