| Three Cases of Listeria Infection in the Immunocompromised Children |
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Mee Ran Kim1, Bo Young Yun1, Hye Young Kang1, Sung Hee Jang1, Hoan Jong Lee1, Yong Seung Hwang1, Eui Chong Kim2 |
1Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
2Department of Clinical Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea |
| 면역 억제 환아의 Listeria 감염증 3례 |
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김미란1, 윤보영1, 강혜영1, 장성희1, 이환종1, 황용승1, 김의종2 |
1서울대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실
2서울대학교 의과대학 임상병리학교실 |
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| Abstract |
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Infection by Listeria monocytogenes, an uncommon pathogen in immunocompromised host, has been reported in neonates, pregnant women and adults with defective cell mediated immunity but not in children in Korea. It can cause sepsis, meningitis, abortion, premature labor, intrauterine fetal infection. etc. We have experienced L. monocytogenes sepsis and/or meningitis in three children under immunosuppresive therapy for lymphoma-leukemia, cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis, or juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Two of them recovered with ampicillin and gentamicin over three weeks. |
| Key Words:
Listeria monocytogenes, Meningitis, Sepsis, Immunocompromised children |
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