Treatment failure in a patient infected with Listeria sepsis combined with latent meningitis: A case report

Table 1 The various cases of meningitis and brain abscess caused by Listeria infection in adults in the past 3 years

Ref.	Patient, age, sex (M/F), basic illness	Specific antibiotic treatment for Listeria	Complications	Outcome
Zhang et al[21], 2021, China	64 yr, F, nephrotic syndrome, membranous nephropathy	Ampicillin combined with meropenem	None	Recovered
Zhang et al[22], 2021, China	53 yr, F, SLE	Ampicillin and TMP-SMX, meropenem	None	Discharged
Tecellioglu et al[23], 2019, Turkey	44 yr, F, MS	Imipenem and linezolidShunt surgery	Hastetraparesis	Discharged
Cipriani et al[24], 2022, Germany	69 yr, homeless, type 2 diabetes	A guided stereotactic aspiration and antibiotic therapy with ampicillin and gentamicin	Alight gait disorder	Discharged
Zhao et al[25], 2021, China	68 yr, M	Meropenem and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole	None	Recovered
Cao et al[26], 2021, China	50 yr, M	Ampicillin, amikacin, and meropenem	Intermittent mechanical ventilation	Discharged
Zhang et al[27], 2021, China	64 yr, M, tuberculosis and TIA	Piperacillin	None	Discharged
Lan et al[28], 2020, China	66 yr, F	Ampicillin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole	None	Discharged
Li et al[29], 2019, China	37 yr, M	Vancomycin, meropenem, emergent surgery to insert a ventricular drainage tube	Progressed rapidly	Died
Ullah et al[18], 2021, United States	64 yr, M	Not described	Rapidly deteriorated	Died
Pereira et al[30], 2020, Brasil	29 yr, F, SLE	Ceftriaxone, vancomycin and acyclovir	Persisted in a comatose state and developed multiple organ failure, nosocomial bloodstream infection	Died
Asaeda et al[31], 2021, Japan	53 yr, M, moderate ulcerative colitis	Intravenous meropenem and ampicillin	None	Discharged
Nakamura et al[32], 2020, Japan	64 yr, F, relapsed and refractory FL	Meropenem	None	Discharged
Morimoto et al[33], 2021, Japan	41 yr, F, SLE, pregnancy	Ampicillin	None	Recovered
Mahesh et al[34], 2020, India	64 yr, M, ulcerative colitis	Intravenous ampicillin, ceftriaxone	None	Recovered
Schutte et al[35], 2019, South Africa	60 yr, M	Ampicillin and gentamicin for 3 wk	Psychotic episodes	Discharged
Schutte et al[35], 2019, South Africa	55 yr, M, HIV	Ampicillin and gentamicin for 3 wk	None	Discharged

F: Female; FL: Follicular lymphoma; HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus; M: Male; SLE: Systemic lupus erythematosus; TIA: Transient ischemic attack; TMP-SMX: Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.