[Bacterial meningitis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: apropos of a case].
Meningitis caused by gram-negative bacilli increased since the 1970, with a higher incidence in small children. Within this group of infections, the meningitis caused by Pseudomonas sp is rare. The case of a 54-year-old patient with a clinical picture of meningitis is reported. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid. The meningitis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa should be taken into consideration because of the severity of the clinical picture and the high mortality and increasing strain resistance.
Batlle Almodóvar
María del Carmen
Mdel C
Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Pedro Kourí", Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba. batllemc@ipk.sld.cu
Dickinson
Félix
F
Pérez Monrás
Miriam
M
Tamargo Martínez
Isis
I
Similis
Alexis
A
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001390:Azlocillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002228:Carbenicillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013982:Ticarcillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005839:Gentamicins; D002443:Ceftriaxone; D013982:Ticarcillin; D002228:Carbenicillin; D001390:Azlocillin