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Listeria monocytogenes Meningitis in an Immunocompetent Child: a case report

2026-05-26

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<title>Abstract</title> <p> <bold>Background</bold> : Listeria monocytogenes (LM) meningitis is extremely rare in immunocompetent children, with non-specific manifestations and intrinsic resistance to third-generation cephalosporins easily causing misdiagnosis. We report a case of LM meningitis in a healthy 19-month-old Chinese child to provide clinical references for diagnosis and treatment. <bold>Case presen...

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Literature Corpus work: d7595b0c-e31a-5609-8ea4-9b5ab181ad34
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9424903/v1

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