Kluver-Bucy Syndrome after Meningoencephalitis

Abstract

Researchers at Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, report a 10-year-old girl with a history of Listeria monocytogenes meningoencephalitis, contracted at 2½ years of age, who developed behavioral changes consistent with Kluver-Bucy syndrome at 2 months following discharge.

Keywords

• hydrocephalus
• uncontrolled screaming
• hyperactivity