[Purulent meningitis and bacteremia from Bacteroides fragilis revealing a meningioma].
We report the case of a 78-year-old-woman with a meningitis caused by Bacteroides fragilis revealing a malignant tumor. The epidemiologic, etiologic and therapeutic features of these meningitis are reviewed.
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Service d'anesthésie-réanimation polyvalente, centre hospitalier, 3, boulevard des Rayettes, BP 248, 13698 Martigues, France.
Nezri
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Biextrix
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Gallardo
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Dembele
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D000368:Aged; D001442:Bacteroides Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D001441:Bacteroides fragilis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology*; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000473:pathology*