title: Microbiologically confirmed meningoencephalitis due to Enterococcus avium: a first report.
abstract: We describe an 80-year-old lady with a meningoencephalitic illness followed by vertebral discitis. Enterococcus avium was cultured from her cerebrospinal fluid. No other pathogen was incriminated in her illness. The meningoencephalitic illness settled after 3 weeks of antimicrobials, but the vertebral discitis required longer therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: England
authors.forename: Morgan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Shiu-Shing
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Soo
authors.forename: Pradhib
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Venkatesan
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D015299:Discitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents