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Bacteroides meningitis in a healthy child: A case report and review of the literature

A 7-year-old male presented with meningitis. CSF gram stain showed gram negative rods, but the organism failed to grow on culture. 16 s rRNA sequencing identified the organism as Bacteroides fragilis. The patient fully recovered with antibiotic therapy targeting that organism.

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Autores principales: Shah, Mamta D., Chy, Bruce K., Price, Nathan B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9253640/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35801006
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01550