title: Gram-negative meningitis and chronic constipation: an unusual presentation of caudal regression syndrome.
abstract: Congenital malformations may present as meningitis caused by enteric organisms, but this is extremely rare and occurs almost exclusively in the paediatric population. We report an unusual case of a young man with chronic constipation presenting with spontaneous Gram-negative meningitis due to an underlying congenital spinal malformation known as the caudal regression syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Coulter
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Boyle
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003248:Constipation / Q000209:etiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012447:Sacrum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013577:Syndrome