Recurrent spontaneous Escherichia coli meningitis in an adult: a case report
<p><strong>Objectives</strong></p> The aim of this study was to characterize an unusual case of spontaneous, community-acquired Escherichia coli meningitis in an adult presenting to a general hospital in Kenya, where initial clinical recovery was followed by reinfection with...
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2023
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| author | Amulele, AV Ong'ayo, G Arara, AM Machanja, EW Etyang, A Aliyan, NA Wareham, DW Berkley, JA Gordon, NC |
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| description | <p><strong>Objectives</strong></p>
The aim of this study was to characterize an unusual case of spontaneous, community-acquired Escherichia coli meningitis in an adult presenting to a general hospital in Kenya, where initial clinical recovery was followed by reinfection with an MDR, hospital-acquired strain.
<p><strong>Patient and methods</strong></p>
An adult presented to a hospital in Kenya with meningitis symptoms. E. coli was cultured from CSF. Treatment with ceftriaxone was successful; however, the patient relapsed a few days later. E. coli was cultured from CSF and blood during the reinfection episode, though the patient died during admission. We sequenced the isolates using Illumina MiSeq and performed antimicrobial susceptibility testing, fitness and virulence assays on the bacteria.
<p><strong>Results</strong></p>
The E. coli isolates from the two episodes were found to be distinct: the initial strain was ST88, serotype O8 H17 while the subsequent episode was caused by an ST167, serotype O101 H5 MDR strain. The ST88 strain was susceptible to all drugs except ampicillin and amoxicillin/clavulanate while the ST167 strain was MDR, including to all β-lactam drugs due to the presence of the carbapenemase gene blaNDM-5. The hospital-acquired ST167 strain was also resistant to newer drugs such as cefiderocol and eravacycline, which are currently not available locally, and had overall lower fitness and virulence in vitro compared with the initial infecting strain.
<p><strong>Conclusions</strong></p>
Though less fit and virulent in vitro, the MDR strain was fatal, suggesting that host factors, rather than bacterial virulence, may have been of greater importance in this patient’s outcome. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:3b96a68f-10de-4b91-aa29-4dfd3e1626522023-08-16T15:59:10ZRecurrent spontaneous Escherichia coli meningitis in an adult: a case report Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:3b96a68f-10de-4b91-aa29-4dfd3e162652EnglishSymplectic ElementsOxford University Press2023Amulele, AVOng'ayo, GArara, AMMachanja, EWEtyang, AAliyan, NAWareham, DWBerkley, JAGordon, NC<p><strong>Objectives</strong></p> The aim of this study was to characterize an unusual case of spontaneous, community-acquired Escherichia coli meningitis in an adult presenting to a general hospital in Kenya, where initial clinical recovery was followed by reinfection with an MDR, hospital-acquired strain. <p><strong>Patient and methods</strong></p> An adult presented to a hospital in Kenya with meningitis symptoms. E. coli was cultured from CSF. Treatment with ceftriaxone was successful; however, the patient relapsed a few days later. E. coli was cultured from CSF and blood during the reinfection episode, though the patient died during admission. We sequenced the isolates using Illumina MiSeq and performed antimicrobial susceptibility testing, fitness and virulence assays on the bacteria. <p><strong>Results</strong></p> The E. coli isolates from the two episodes were found to be distinct: the initial strain was ST88, serotype O8 H17 while the subsequent episode was caused by an ST167, serotype O101 H5 MDR strain. The ST88 strain was susceptible to all drugs except ampicillin and amoxicillin/clavulanate while the ST167 strain was MDR, including to all β-lactam drugs due to the presence of the carbapenemase gene blaNDM-5. The hospital-acquired ST167 strain was also resistant to newer drugs such as cefiderocol and eravacycline, which are currently not available locally, and had overall lower fitness and virulence in vitro compared with the initial infecting strain. <p><strong>Conclusions</strong></p> Though less fit and virulent in vitro, the MDR strain was fatal, suggesting that host factors, rather than bacterial virulence, may have been of greater importance in this patient’s outcome. |
| spellingShingle | Amulele, AV Ong'ayo, G Arara, AM Machanja, EW Etyang, A Aliyan, NA Wareham, DW Berkley, JA Gordon, NC Recurrent spontaneous Escherichia coli meningitis in an adult: a case report |
| title | Recurrent spontaneous Escherichia coli meningitis in an adult: a case report |
| title_full | Recurrent spontaneous Escherichia coli meningitis in an adult: a case report |
| title_fullStr | Recurrent spontaneous Escherichia coli meningitis in an adult: a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recurrent spontaneous Escherichia coli meningitis in an adult: a case report |
| title_short | Recurrent spontaneous Escherichia coli meningitis in an adult: a case report |
| title_sort | recurrent spontaneous escherichia coli meningitis in an adult a case report |
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