Ureaplasma urealyticum meningitis in an adult patient

J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Mar;46(3):1141-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01628-07. Epub 2008 Jan 3.

Abstract

A 38-year-old patient developed meningitis after a complicated kidney transplantation and organ rejection. Ureaplasma urealyticum was identified as the etiological agent by molecular and microbiological analyses of the cerebrospinal fluid. The patient was successfully treated with doxycycline and chloramphenicol. This is the first report of Ureaplasma urealyticum meningitis in an adult.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology
  • Chloramphenicol / therapeutic use
  • DNA Gyrase / genetics
  • DNA Topoisomerase IV / genetics
  • Doxycycline / therapeutic use
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics
  • Humans
  • Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / drug therapy
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Quinolones / pharmacology
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ureaplasma Infections / drug therapy
  • Ureaplasma Infections / microbiology*
  • Ureaplasma urealyticum / classification
  • Ureaplasma urealyticum / drug effects
  • Ureaplasma urealyticum / genetics
  • Ureaplasma urealyticum / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Quinolones
  • Chloramphenicol
  • DNA Topoisomerase IV
  • DNA Gyrase
  • Doxycycline