1.
Infection
; 40(2): 207-11, 2012 Apr.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21877182
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.
Subject(s)
Cerebral Ventriculitis/microbiology , Meningitis, Listeria/microbiology , Ampicillin/therapeutic use , Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Cerebral Ventriculitis/drug therapy , Cerebral Ventriculitis/immunology , Child , Female , Gentamicins/therapeutic use , Humans , Immunocompetence , Listeria monocytogenes/isolation & purification , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Meningitis, Listeria/drug therapy , Meningitis, Listeria/immunology , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Treatment Outcome
2.
Br J Radiol
; 84(1005): e179-81, 2011 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21849359
ABSTRACT
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) ventriculoencephalitis is a rare but serious potential complication of CMV infection in immunocompromised patients. Characteristic diffusion-weighted imaging findings can be helpful for the diagnosis of CMV ventriculitis, as in this case report.
