Listeria monocytogenes: A rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt in children

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3924-3927

  Le Monnier, Alban ^a,b,c,d   Blanot, Stéphane ^b   Abachin, Eric ^b   Beretti, Jean Luc ^b   Berche, Patrick ^a,b   Kayal, Samer ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VERSAILLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASTHENIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEADACHE; HLY GENE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; OTITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG MONITORING; HEMOLYSIN FACTORS; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; MENINGITIS, LISTERIA; PERITONITIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 80355141550     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01083-11     Document Type: Article

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