Community-acquired meningitis and sepsis caused by Chryseobacterium meningosepticum in a patient diagnosed with thalassemia major

J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Aug;44(8):3037-9. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00588-06.

Abstract

Chryseobacterium meningosepticum is a rare pathogen in cases of bacterial meningitis in adults and adolescents. We report on the case history of a 17-year-old boy with thalassemia major and meningitis and sepsis caused by C. meningosepticum in splenectomized. The patient received vancomycin therapy for 21 days and was discharged in a state of complete recovery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Chryseobacterium / isolation & purification*
  • Community-Acquired Infections / complications
  • Community-Acquired Infections / drug therapy
  • Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology*
  • Flavobacteriaceae Infections / complications
  • Flavobacteriaceae Infections / drug therapy
  • Flavobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / drug therapy
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Sepsis / complications
  • Sepsis / drug therapy
  • Sepsis / microbiology*
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use
  • beta-Thalassemia / complications*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Vancomycin