Meningitis caused by Gordona aurantiaca (Rhodococcus aurantiacus).
In a case of hairy cell leukemia, Gordona aurantiaca (Rhodococcus aurantiacus) was isolated from cerebrospinal fluid as the pathogen responsible for lethal infection of the central nervous system. The pathogen had been isolated previously from one case of pulmonary infection process only.
D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D000328:Adult; D000380:Agranulocytosis; D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007943:Leukemia, Hairy Cell / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D009618:Nocardiaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology