meningitis associated with tonsillar herniation in an immunocompetent school-aged child.

can cause severe illnesses such as gastroenteritis, sepsis and neurolisteriosis, especially in infants, the elderly and immunocompromised patients. We report a case of a previously healthy school-aged girl presenting with severe neurological deficits found to have meningoencephalitis. Her potential exposure to was consumption of contaminated cheese.