Staphylococcus epidermidis meningitis in the absence of a neurosurgical device secondary to catheter-related bloodstream infection: a case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Staphylococcus epidermidis can cause nosocomial meningitis in the presence of prosthetic devices. We describe a case of Staphylococcus epidermidis meningitis in a patient with neutropenia who had no intracranial foreign body, and we review the literature on meningitis that is caused by c...

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Autores principales: Noguchi, Taro, Nagao, Miki, Yamamoto, Masaki, Matsumura, Yasufumi, Kitano, Toshiyuki, Takaori-Kondo, Akifumi, Ichiyama, Satoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5916725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29690925
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-018-1646-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5916725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29690925
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-018-1646-7

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