Non-traumatic rhabdomyolysis occurs as a complication of a wide variety of infections and is often discovered as a result of the associated renal failure.1 We report a case of meningitis due to Listeria monocytogenes, an uncommon cause of infection in adults2 which was associated with rhabdomyolysis. This confirms a recent first case report of this association.3
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