Recurrent Lymphocytic Pleural Effusion as a Complication of Ventriculopleural Shunt Meningitis Caused by Cutibacterium Acnes

Cutibacterium acnes (C. acnes) is part of the normal flora and has been linked to many invasive and pleural infections. Though it is usually considered a contaminant bacterium, full antimicrobial therapy might result in the resolution of foreign body-related infections. In this report, we describe a...

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Autores principales: Abdalla, Abdelmohaymin A, Ali, Ragda, Oberoi, Mansi, Berger, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Infectious Disease
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7954663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33728205
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13270
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author Abdalla, Abdelmohaymin A
Ali, Ragda
Oberoi, Mansi
Berger, Paul
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description Cutibacterium acnes (C. acnes) is part of the normal flora and has been linked to many invasive and pleural infections. Though it is usually considered a contaminant bacterium, full antimicrobial therapy might result in the resolution of foreign body-related infections. In this report, we describe an infection that started as ventriculopleural shunt meningitis but was complicated by a recurrent lymphocytic pleural infection. Ultimately, there was a resolution of pleural effusions after treatment of C. acnes.
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spelling pubmed-79546632021-03-15 Recurrent Lymphocytic Pleural Effusion as a Complication of Ventriculopleural Shunt Meningitis Caused by Cutibacterium Acnes Abdalla, Abdelmohaymin A Ali, Ragda Oberoi, Mansi Berger, Paul Cureus Infectious Disease Cutibacterium acnes (C. acnes) is part of the normal flora and has been linked to many invasive and pleural infections. Though it is usually considered a contaminant bacterium, full antimicrobial therapy might result in the resolution of foreign body-related infections. In this report, we describe an infection that started as ventriculopleural shunt meningitis but was complicated by a recurrent lymphocytic pleural infection. Ultimately, there was a resolution of pleural effusions after treatment of C. acnes. Cureus 2021-02-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7954663/ /pubmed/33728205 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13270 Text en Copyright © 2021, Abdalla et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Infectious Disease
Abdalla, Abdelmohaymin A
Ali, Ragda
Oberoi, Mansi
Berger, Paul
Recurrent Lymphocytic Pleural Effusion as a Complication of Ventriculopleural Shunt Meningitis Caused by Cutibacterium Acnes
title Recurrent Lymphocytic Pleural Effusion as a Complication of Ventriculopleural Shunt Meningitis Caused by Cutibacterium Acnes
title_full Recurrent Lymphocytic Pleural Effusion as a Complication of Ventriculopleural Shunt Meningitis Caused by Cutibacterium Acnes
title_fullStr Recurrent Lymphocytic Pleural Effusion as a Complication of Ventriculopleural Shunt Meningitis Caused by Cutibacterium Acnes
title_full_unstemmed Recurrent Lymphocytic Pleural Effusion as a Complication of Ventriculopleural Shunt Meningitis Caused by Cutibacterium Acnes
title_short Recurrent Lymphocytic Pleural Effusion as a Complication of Ventriculopleural Shunt Meningitis Caused by Cutibacterium Acnes
title_sort recurrent lymphocytic pleural effusion as a complication of ventriculopleural shunt meningitis caused by cutibacterium acnes
topic Infectious Disease
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7954663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33728205
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13270
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