Rare case of meningitis due to an emerging pathogen
Chryseobacterium indologenes is a non-glucose fermenting Gram-negative bacteria widely distributed in nature. It has been found to cause a variety of infections like nosocomial pneumonia, bacteremia and wound infections usually in immunosuppressed patients and those with indwelling devices. The orga...
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| description | Chryseobacterium indologenes is a non-glucose fermenting Gram-negative bacteria widely distributed in nature. It has been found to cause a variety of infections like nosocomial pneumonia, bacteremia and wound infections usually in immunosuppressed patients and those with indwelling devices. The organism is resistant to a significant number of the commonly prescribed broad spectrum antibiotics. We report a rare case of meningitis due to C. indologenes in a patient diagnosed with medulloblastoma and hydrocephalus with an external ventricular drain in situ. The patient was successfully treated with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole combination and external ventricular drain replacement as shown by subsequent sterile cultures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ff6a4c17bf234a1eb71de446f41e04aa2022-12-22T01:56:37ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open Medical Case Reports2050-313X2020-06-01810.1177/2050313X20936098Rare case of meningitis due to an emerging pathogenAnuj Sud0Monica Chaudhary1CP Baveja2PN Pandey3Department of Microbiology, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Lok Nayak Hospital, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, IndiaChryseobacterium indologenes is a non-glucose fermenting Gram-negative bacteria widely distributed in nature. It has been found to cause a variety of infections like nosocomial pneumonia, bacteremia and wound infections usually in immunosuppressed patients and those with indwelling devices. The organism is resistant to a significant number of the commonly prescribed broad spectrum antibiotics. We report a rare case of meningitis due to C. indologenes in a patient diagnosed with medulloblastoma and hydrocephalus with an external ventricular drain in situ. The patient was successfully treated with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole combination and external ventricular drain replacement as shown by subsequent sterile cultures.https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X20936098 |
| spellingShingle | Anuj Sud Monica Chaudhary CP Baveja PN Pandey Rare case of meningitis due to an emerging pathogen SAGE Open Medical Case Reports |
| title | Rare case of meningitis due to an emerging pathogen |
| title_full | Rare case of meningitis due to an emerging pathogen |
| title_fullStr | Rare case of meningitis due to an emerging pathogen |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rare case of meningitis due to an emerging pathogen |
| title_short | Rare case of meningitis due to an emerging pathogen |
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