Corynebacterium minutissimum infecting pseudomeningocele: a rare case.
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چکیده
Invasive infections by Corynebacterium minutissimum are rarely documented. The significance of laboratory isolation of this bacterium from a sterile specimen such as cerebrospinal fluid is difficult to determine as it usually colonizes the skin. However, repeated isolation in a clinical setting should be treated appropriately. Here we report a first case of infected pseudomeningocele by C. minutissimum in an adult woman operated on for falcotentorial psammomatous meningioma. The patient was treated successfully with linezolid.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi
دوره 47 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014