A Delayed Cerebral Vasospasm with Infarction Is Secondary to Listeria monocytogenes Meningitis: MRI and MRA Are Diagnostically Useful.

Among patients with bacterial meningitis, a cerebral vasospasm typically occurs during the acute phase. We experienced a case of delayed cerebral vasospasm with infarction that was secondary to Listeria monocytogenes meningitis. An 82-year-old woman with Listeria monocytogenes meningitis, whose symptoms had been improving after the initiation of antibacterial therapy, fell into a coma on day 15 and developed generalized seizure.