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- Title
Complications of Listeria meningitis in two immunocompetent children.
- Authors
Shimbo, Asami; Nishioka, Masato; Shimohira, Masayuki; Takasawa, Kei; Morio, Tomohiro
- Abstract
The article discusses the case of two children, a 10 year old girl and 6-year-old boy who were having Listeria meningitis, which is caused by Listeria monocytogenes, a species of pathogenic bacteria. The diagnosis and the treatment administered and the medications given and their condition at time of admission are presented.
- Subjects
HYPONATREMIA; GAMMA globulins; DIURETICS; CEFOTAXIME; MANNITOL; MILRINONE; DEXAMETHASONE; MEROPENEM; C-reactive protein; CEREBRAL edema; COMPUTED tomography; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEVER; CARDIAC hypertrophy; HEART failure; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; TAKOTSUBO cardiomyopathy; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED patients; BACTERIAL meningitis; DISEASE complications; DIAGNOSIS; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Pediatrics International, 2018, Vol 60, Issue 5, p491
- ISSN
1328-8067
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ped.13550