Giovanna Villa, Maria Cristina Diana, Nicoletta Solari, Roberto Bandettini, Stefania Sorrentino, Anna Loy, Giuseppe Losurdo, Salvatore Renna
Listeria monocytogenes is a facultative anerobic, gram-positive bacillus that is isolated from the soil, vegetables, and wild or domestic animals. Listeria infection is usually found in the older adults, immunocompromised patients, pregnant women, and newborns, whereas it is rare in healthy infants and children. Listeria monocytogenes may cause meningitis, meningoencephalitis, brain abscess, pyogenic arthritis, osteomyelitis, and liver abscess in children. The course of meningoencephalitis by Listeria is often severe and even fatal...
August 2017: Pediatric Emergency Care