title: Polymicrobial meningitis revealing an anterior sacral meningocele in a 23-year-old woman.
abstract: Polymicrobial meningitis has become increasingly rare during recent decades. Historically, it has mainly been reported as being associated with disorders of the ENT-sphere. The treatment of these infections being optimized, polymicrobial meningitis nowadays is essentially a complication of gastrointestinal or gynaecological disorders and trauma. We present a case of polymicrobial meningitis following puncture of a unrecognized pre-sacral meningocele in a patient with Currarino syndrome and review of the relevant literature.
authors.affiliation: Service de Réanimation Médicale et Toxicologique, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Guerin
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leibinger
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Raskine
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ekherian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D008588:Meningocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012447:Sacrum