ReviewJournal of medical case reports2018
Staphylococcus epidermidis meningitis in the absence of a neurosurgical device secondary to catheter-related bloodstream infection: a case report and review of the literature.
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- Post-Traumatic Meningitis Is a Diagnostic Challenging Time: A Systematic Review Focusing on Clinical and Pathological Features.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Pooled it
- A potentially fatal meningoencephalitis following intramuscular anti-inflammatory injection.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2024Article
- Nosocomial meningitis caused by Staphylococcus haemolyticus in a child with neutropenia in the absence of intracranial devices: a case report.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Efficacy of Vancomycin and Meropenem in Central Nervous System Infections in Children and Adults: Current Update.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Staphylococcus haemolyticus meningitis and bacteremia in an allogenic stem cell transplant patient.IDCases · 2021Article
- Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) meningitis: a narrative review of the literature from 2000 to 2020.New microbes and new infections · 2020Review
- Rates of cerebrospinal fluid infection and the causative organisms following shunt procedures in Saudi Arabia. A retrospective study based on radiological findings.Saudi medical journal · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundStaphylococcus 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 coagulase-negative Staphylococcus spp. without a neurosurgical device. CASE PRESENTATION: A 47-year-old Japanese man with acute myeloid leukemia receiving chemotherapy through a totally implantable central venous catheter developed fever and headache. The patient had a history of craniotomy for anaplastic oligodendroglioma without an indwelling neurosurgical device. The results of two blood cultures and a cerebrospinal fluid culture were positive for Staphylococcus epidermidis. Clinical improvement was observed with treatment with vancomycin and removal of the central venous catheter despite prolonged neutropenia.
conclusionsTo the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of Staphylococcus epidermidis meningitis in a patient with neutropenia without a neurosurgical device who was successfully treated.
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