Meningitis due to Branhamella catarrhalis.
We report a case of Branhamella catarrhalis meningitis which was unusual in that the patient was a healthy immunocompetent adult, the onset was subacute, and the cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis was predominantly lymphocytic. Following treatment with intravenous penicillin, recovery was complete apart from residual cortical dysarthria.
O'Neill
J H
JH
Mathieson
P W
PW
D000328:Adult; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D009343:Neisseria / Q000302:isolation & purification