title: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection with Listeria innocua.
abstract: Listeria species may cause life-threatening events including meningitis and invasive infection in newborns, pregnant women, older and immunodeficient people. The most common Listeria species that causes infection is L. monocytogenes. It is known that Listeria innocua has no pathogenicity. A 9-month-old baby had ventriculoperitoneal shunt and was treated with adrenocorticotropic hormone because of infantile spasms. He was brought to hospital with fever and vomiting. Upon physical examination, the patient seemed uncomfortable and had a temperature of 38.6°C. Laboratory results were as follows: hemoglobin, 6.7 g/dL; leukocyte count, 5420/mm(3) ; platelet count, 169,000/mm(3) ; and C-reactive protein, 100 mg/L (normal <5 mg/L). On analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), leukocyte count was 480/mm(3) , protein was 46 mg/dL and CSF glucose was 35 mg/dL. L. innocua was isolated in CSF culture. We describe this unusual case of ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection with L. innocua.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Arzu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karli
authors.forename: Gulnar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sensoy
authors.forename: Nevzat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Unal
authors.forename: Keramettin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yanik
authors.forename: Halit
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cigdem
authors.forename: Nursen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Belet
authors.forename: Ayse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sofuoglu
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008087:Listeria; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
keywords: Listeria innocua; ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection