Meningitis due to Providencia stuartii

Oguz Resat Sipahi; Selin Bardak-Ozcem; Erkin Ozgiray; Sohret Aydemir; Taskin Yurtseven; Tansu Yamazhan; Meltem Tasbakan; Sercan Ulusoy

doi:10.1128/JCM.01349-10

Meningitis due to Providencia stuartii

J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Dec;48(12):4667-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01349-10. Epub 2010 Oct 27.

Authors

Oguz Resat Sipahi¹, Selin Bardak-Ozcem, Erkin Ozgiray, Sohret Aydemir, Taskin Yurtseven, Tansu Yamazhan, Meltem Tasbakan, Sercan Ulusoy

Affiliation

¹ Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Izmir, Turkey. oguz.resat.sipahi@ege.edu.tr

Abstract

In this report, we present a case of postneurosurgical meningitis due to Providencia stuartii, which was treated successfully with meropenem therapy lasting 21 days.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / diagnosis*
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / drug therapy
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / pathology
Humans
Male
Meningitis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
Meningitis, Bacterial / drug therapy
Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology
Meningitis, Bacterial / pathology
Meropenem
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*
Postoperative Complications / drug therapy
Postoperative Complications / microbiology
Postoperative Complications / pathology
Providencia / isolation & purification*
Thienamycins / therapeutic use
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Thienamycins
Meropenem