title: Veillonella parvula meningitis: case report and review of Veillonella infections.
abstract: Veillonella parvula is a small, nonfermentative anaerobic gram-negative coccus that is part of the normal flora of the mouth, gastrointestinal tract, and vagina in humans. When isolated from clinical specimens, V. parvula is often regarded as a contaminant or commensal, but it has been implicated as a pathogen in infections of the sinuses, lungs, heart, bone, and central nervous system. Meningitis, however, is extremely rare; to our knowledge, only 2 cases have been previously described in the literature. We report a case of V. parvula meningitis and review the literature on Veillonella infections.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Disease, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bhatti
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Frank
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008581:Meningitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D014678:Veillonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*