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

نویسندگان

  • Nisel Ozkalay
  • Murat Anil
  • Neval Agus
  • Mehmet Helvaci
  • Seral Sirti
چکیده

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.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of clinical microbiology

دوره 44 8  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006