Meningitis due to bacillus anthracis.
The first case of haemorrhagic meningitis due to Bacillus anthracis in the European part of Turkey is reported here. B. anthracis, sensitive to penicillin, was isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid and blood cultures. Although appropriate therapy was administered, the patient died two days after hospitalization.
Gürcan
Saban
S
Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Trakya University, Medical Faculty, 22030 Edirne, Turkey. sabangurcan@trakya.edu.tr
Akata
Filiz
F
Kuloğlu
Figen
F
Erdoğan
Sevinç
S
Tuğrul
Murat
M
D000328:Adult; D000881:Anthrax / Q000150:complications*; D001408:Bacillus anthracis; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000382:microbiology*
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