title: Community-acquired meningitis and sepsis caused by Chryseobacterium meningosepticum in a patient diagnosed with thalassemia major.
abstract: Chryseobacterium meningosepticum is a rare pathogen in cases of bacterial meningitis in adults and adolescents. We report on the case history of a 17-year-old boy with thalassemia major and meningitis and sepsis caused by C. meningosepticum in splenectomized. The patient received vancomycin therapy for 21 days and was discharged in a state of complete recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Tepecik Educational and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey. niseloz@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Nisel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ozkalay
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anil
authors.forename: Neval
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Agus
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Helvaci
authors.forename: Seral
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sirti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D045247:Chryseobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D045826:Flavobacteriaceae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017086:beta-Thalassemia / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D014640:Vancomycin