Table 1 Listeria meningitis in healthy and immunocompetent children
Author, year of publication, nation, reference | Patient, age (y/m), sex (M/F) | Specific antibiotic treatment for Listeria | Duration of antibiotic treatment for Listeria | Complications | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Schneeberger et al., 1996, The Netherlands [14] | 30 m, F | Amoxicillin tobramycin | 14 days 4 days | None | Discharge |
Economou et al., 2000, Greece, [4] | 14 m, M 3 y, F | Ampicillin-gentamicin NA | 4 weeks NA | None Seizures | Discharge Death |
Hitomi et al., 2004, Japan, [5] | 2 y, M | Ampicillin-gentamicin, PB, TMP | 20 days | None | Discharge |
Ulloa-Gutierrez at al., 2004, Costa Rica, [3] | 10 y, F 3 y, M 6 y, M | Meropenem, amikacin, rifampin Ampicillin-gentamicin Ampicillin-gentamicin | 22, 10, 14 days NA NA | Seizures; Hydrocephalus Hydrocephalus Hydrocephalus | Discharge Death Death |
Dilber et al., 2009, Turkey, [6] | 7 y, M 18 m, M | Ampicillin-amikacin Meropenem, vancomycin, ampicillin | 21–14 days 21, 21, 14 days | None SIADH; abducens palsy | Discharge Discharge |
Lee et al., 2010, Korea, [2] | 7 y, F | Ampicillin was added to the previous treatment | NA | Hydrocephalus | Discharge |
Peer et al., 2010, India, [7] | 20 m, F | Ampicillin, amikacin | 21 days | Seizures; bilateral rectus palsy | Discharge: 5 months later partial left lateral rectus palsy |
Ben Shimol et al., 2011, Israel, [8] | 6 y, F | Ampicillin, gentamicin | 4 weeks ampicillin 12 days gentamicin | Hydrocephalus | Discharge |
Lobotkovà et al., 2014, Slovakia, [9] | 2 y, M | Ampicillin | 6 weeks | None | Discharge |
Gee et al., 2015, USA, [10] | 2 y, M | NA | NA | Increased ICP, bradyarrhythmia and hypotension | Discharge (mild speech delay) |
Papandreu et al., 2016, UK, [11] | 3 y, F | Ampicillin Amikacin Ampicillin Vancomycin Ceftriaxone | 27 days 20 days 3 weeks | AIDP | Discharge |
Polat et al., 2016, Turkey, [12] | 7 m, F | Ampicillin, gentamicin, subsequently replaced with TMP | 26 days ampicillin 21 days TMP | None | Discharge |
Ohnishi et al., 2017, Japan, [13] | 20 m, F | Ampicillin Gentamicin | 26 days 21 days | None | Discharge |
Villa et al., 2017, Italy, [1] | 7 y, M | Ampicillin Gentamicin | 20 days 15 days | Left abducens nerve palsy | Discharge: persistence of left abducens palsy 3 weeks later |
Shimbo et al., 2018, Japan, [15] | 10 y, F 6 y, M | Ampicillin Ampicillin | Not reported Not reported | MERS TCM, left abducens nerve palsy | Discharge Discharge |
Xu et al., 2018, China, [16] | 2 y, M | Ampicillin Vancomycin | Not reported | MERS | Discharge |