Listeria monocytogenes following orthotopic liver transplantation: Central nervous system involvement and review of the literature

Table 1 Cases of listeria infection following liver transplantation

Age (yr)	Sex	Time postTx	Clinical presentation	Clinical syndrome	Treatment	Outcome	Ref
66	F	32 mo	Fever, right flank pain, anorexia	Bacteremia	Ampicillin	Survived	7
39	F	7 d	Fever, abdominal pain	Bacteremia	Ampicillin	Survived	8
63	F	62 d	Fever, abdominal pain	Bacteremia	Ampicillin	Survived	9
66	M	50 d	Fever, abdominal pain	Bacteremia	Ampicillin	Survived	9
46	F	3 yr	Fever, diarrhea, recurrent	Bacteremia	Ampicillin Gentamicin	Survived	10
55	F	4 mo	Fever, confusion, diarrhea	Bacteremia	TMP/SMZ Gentamicin	Survived	11
57	F	20 mo	Fever with chill	Bacteremia and hepatitis	Ampicillin	Survived	12
56	M	8 mo	Fever, jaundice	Bacteremia and hepatitis	Ampicillin Gentamicin	Survived	13
41	F	Unknown	Fever, malaise	Endocarditis and septic pulmonary emboli	Ampicillin	Survived	14
47	F	Unknown	Fever, malaise	Peritonitis and bacteremia	Ampicillin Amikacin	Survived	15
8 M	M	10 d	Fever, rash, irritability, dyspnea	Meningitis, peritonitis, epididymitis and orchitis	Ampicillin	Survived	16
UNK	UNK	14 d	Unknown	Meningitis	Unknown	Survived	17
67	F	21 d	Unknown	Meningitis	Unknown	Died	18
13	F	4 mo	Fever, headache	Meningitis	Ampicillin	Died	19