title: First isolation of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron from a patient with a cholesteatoma and experiencing meningitis.
abstract: A 45-year-old man with a cholesteatoma experienced purulent meningitis. Microbial analysis of cerebrospinal fluid yielded in pure culture a gram-negative bacillus. Phenotypic methods were suggestive of a Bacteroides distasonis or either a Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron or Bacteroides ovatus infection. The isolate was identified by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis as B. thetaiotaomicron. This is the first case of B. thetaiotaomicron meningitis in pure culture.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie Pr ALI CHERIF, Hôpital de la Timone, 264 rue Saint Pierre, 13005 Marseille, France. lionel.feuillet@mail.ap-hm.fr
authors.forename: Lionel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Feuillet
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carvajal
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sudre
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pelletier
authors.forename: Jean Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Thomassin
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Drancourt
authors.forename: André Ali
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Cherif
mesh_terms: D001439:Bacteroides / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001442:Bacteroides Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D002781:Cholesteatoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S