Anthrax meningitis: case report and review.
We report a case of meningitis caused by Bacillus anthracis. Although this agent appears to be a rare pathogen, it should always be considered in the differential diagnosis of haemorrhagic meningitis cases owing to the high mortality rate associated with it.
Tasyaran
Mehmet A
MA
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Ataturk University, Medical School Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey.
Deniz
Orhan
O
Ertek
Mustafa
M
Cetin
Kasim
K
D000328:Adult; D000881:Anthrax / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D001408:Bacillus anthracis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*