Meningitis with Acinetobacter calcoaceticus in cerebrospinal fluid. A case report.
A case of meningitis due to Acinetobacter calcoaceticus occurred after neurosurgery. The cerebrospinal fluid cytology showed intracellular diplococci that strongly resembled Neisseria meningitidis. However, subsequent bacteriologic studies revealed a bacterium identical to A. calcoaceticus. It is of practical importance for cytology laboratories to recognize this diplococcal form of organism.
D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000032:analysis*; D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged