Meningitis due to Xanthomonas maltophilia.
J Postgrad Med
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1993 Jul-Sep; 39(3): 153-5
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| ID: sea-115992
ABSTRACT
During 1st week of post-operative period, a 28 year old female patient operated for left cerebellopontine angle tumor, continued to get fever. Lumbar puncture did not reveal any organisms. She responded to ciprofloxacin. Two months later, she was readmitted with signs and symptoms of meningitis. The CSF tapped on lumbar puncture grew Xanthomonas maltophilia, Gram negative bacilli, sensitive to various antibiotics, ciprofloxacin being one of them. The patient was given ciprofloxacin for 3 weeks. On follow up, a year later she was found to be asymptomatic.
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Asunto principal:
Recurrencia
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Infección de la Herida Quirúrgica
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Xanthomonas
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Esquema de Medicación
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Ciprofloxacina
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Pruebas de Sensibilidad Microbiana
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Neoplasias Cerebelosas
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Ángulo Pontocerebeloso
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Revista:
J Postgrad Med
Año:
1993
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