Randal De Souza¹*, Laura Roberts², Kristin Sundy-Boyles³, Willian Godoy⁴, and Cristina Tomatis Souverbielle¹
¹Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States
²Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States
³Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, University of North Carolina Children’s Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
?Family Medicine - Grant Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Corresponding Author:
Randal De Souza, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Keywords
Listeria; Meningitis; Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; Immunocompetent
Abstract
Listeria monocytogenes is often associated with foodborne illness, with invasive infections reported at the extremes of age, but it can cause meningitis in immunocompetent hosts. We report a case of an adolescent male successfully treated with a second-line agent, with no residual sequelae.
Citation
De Souza R, Roberts L, Sundy-Boyles K, Godoy W, Souverbielle CT, (2024) Successful Treatment of Listeria Monocytogenes Meningitis Using Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) in an Immunocompetent Adolescent. SM J Infect Dis 7: 3.
