title: Meningitis due to bacillus anthracis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Trakya University, Medical Faculty, 22030 Edirne, Turkey. sabangurcan@trakya.edu.tr
authors.forename: Saban
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gürcan
authors.forename: Filiz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Akata
authors.forename: Figen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kuloğlu
authors.forename: Sevinç
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Erdoğan
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tuğrul
mesh_terms: 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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