ReviewItalian journal of pediatrics2020
Listeria meningitis complicated by hydrocephalus in an immunocompetent child: case report and review of the literature.
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- Listeria monocytogenes meningitis beyond the neonatal period: a multicenter case series of previously unpublished pediatric cases from Türkiye.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Observational
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- Listeria monocytogenes Meningitis With Hydrocephalus in a Patient With Sjögren's Syndrome and Penicillin Allergy.Cureus · 2026Article
- Neonatal Listeriosis with Central Nervous System Involvement: A Case Series and Review of the Literature.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Inappropriate Antimicrobial Regimen Leading to RecurrentInfection and drug resistance · 2026Article
- Establishment of a risk prediction model for hydrocephalus complicated by neonatal bacterial meningitis.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Global burden ofTranslational pediatrics · 2025Article
- Bacterial Meningoencephalitis in Newborns.Biomedicines · 2024Review
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- Imaging modalities in neurolisteriosis: a literature review.Polish journal of radiology · 2024Review
- Downbeat Nystagmus as a Presenting Manifestation of Neurolisteriosis in a Pregnant Woman.Neuro-ophthalmology (Aeolus Press) · 2023Article
- Magnetic resonance imaging patterns of paediatric brain infections: a pictorial review based on the Western Australian experience.Insights into imaging · 2022Review
- Methylene blue for the treatment of refractory septic shock secondary to listeriosis in a paediatric patient.BMJ case reports · 2022Article
- Quantitative proteomics on the cerebrospinal fluid of hydrocephalus in neonatal bacterial meningitis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- A Retrospective Study of Rare Listeria Meningoencephalitis in Immunocompetent Children in China.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Developments in pediatrics in 2020: choices in allergy, autoinflammatory disorders, critical care, endocrinology, genetics, infectious diseases, microbiota, neonatology, neurology, nutrition, ortopedics, respiratory tract illnesses and rheumatology.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2021Review
- Severe invasiveThe Journal of international medical research · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundListeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive bacteria transmitted to human by animal stools, contaminated water and food. In children, Listeria monocytogenes typically affects newborns and immunocompromised patients often leading to invasive syndromes including sepsis, brain abscesses, meningitis, meningoencephalitis and rhombencephalitis. In healthy and immunocompetent children, Listeria meningitis is rare, but can progress rapidly and may be associated with severe complications (hydrocephalus, ventriculitis, cranial nerves palsy and cerebrospinal abscesses) and high mortality rate. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a very uncommon case of meningoencephalitis due to Listeria monocytogenes in a 11-month-old immunocompetent girl. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture was positive on the second day. Antibiotic therapy was promptly started but the disease was complicated by neurological deterioration and decompensated hydrocephalus. The child required a very demanding pediatric and neurosurgical management and was discharged after 40 days without major sequelae.
conclusionListeria is difficult to isolate and it is not susceptible to first-line treatment for bacterial meningitis with extended-spectrum cephalosporins. Early recognition is therefore crucial for a positive outcome. Pediatricians have to perform close clinical monitoring of these children and be aware of possible complications. A review of all cases of Listeria meningitis complicated by hydrocephalus in healthy children has been performed, to provide an overview on clinical features, treatment options and outcome.
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