Fusobacterium necrophorum: a rare cause of meningitis in children.
We report a case of non-fatal meningitis secondary to suppurative otitis media in a previously healthy young boy. Fusobacterium necrophorum was isolated from blood; spinal fluid was cultured aerobically only but yielded no growth. After treatment with intravenous antibiotics and surgery the patient recovered, with a mild sequela of hypoglossus paresis.
Department of Paediatrics, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. hilde.voie@ulleval.no
Hilde
H
Voie
Mannsaaker
M
Turid
Karl-O
KO
Wathne
D000293:Adolescent; D005674:Fusobacterium Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005675:Fusobacterium necrophorum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008417:Mastoiditis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000150:complications*