title: Globicatella sanguinis is an etiological agent of ventriculoperitoneal shunt-associated meningitis.
abstract: Globicatella sanguinis is a very rare isolate in clinical samples. We present a case of meningitis in a 69-year-old female patient after implantation of an external left ventricular drainage due to a hydrocephalus. She recovered after antibiotic treatment with ceftriaxone.
authors.affiliation: German National Reference Centre for Streptococci, Institute for Medical Microbiology, RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany. iseegmueller@ukaachen.de
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Seegmüller
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van der Linden
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Heeg
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Reinert
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006095:Gram-Positive Cocci / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects*