Microbiologically confirmed meningoencephalitis due to Enterococcus avium: a first report.
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.
Jones
Sarah
S
Department of Infectious Diseases, Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK.
England
Ruth
R
Evans
Morgan
M
Soo
Shiu-Shing
SS
Venkatesan
Pradhib
P
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*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents