Enterobacter Meningitis Due To Dermoid Cyst Manipulation

Gram-negative meningitis can occurssubsequent to dura-arachnoid barrier disruption because of trauma, surgery and rarely an infected dermoid cyst. Association of neurosurgical procedures with Gram-negative meningitis was described for the first time in 1940. Intracranial infections from gram-negativ...

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Autores principales: RAFIEI TABATABEI, Sedigheh, AZMA, Roxana, KAHBAZI, Manijeh, FARZAN, Abdonaser, KAZEMI AGHDAM, Maryam, SEIFI, Kimia, NAHANMOGHADDAM, Negin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6160624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30279720
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Sumario:Gram-negative meningitis can occurssubsequent to dura-arachnoid barrier disruption because of trauma, surgery and rarely an infected dermoid cyst. Association of neurosurgical procedures with Gram-negative meningitis was described for the first time in 1940. Intracranial infections from gram-negative bacilli like Enterobacter are serious and difficult to treat as many antibiotics fail to achieve bactericidal concentrations in the cerebrospinal fluid. Here in, we report a rare case of pediatric Enterobacter meningitis in a patient with a dermoid cyst that had been manipulated. She was managed with antibiotic therapy plus surgical removal of the infected cyst.

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