Ureaplasma urealyticum meningitis in an adult patient.
A 38-year-old patient developed meningitis after a complicated kidney transplantation and organ rejection. Ureaplasma urealyticum was identified as the etiological agent by molecular and microbiological analyses of the cerebrospinal fluid. The patient was successfully treated with doxycycline and chloramphenicol. This is the first report of Ureaplasma urealyticum meningitis in an adult.
Geissdörfer
Walter
W
Institute of Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Sandner
Günter
G
John
Stefan
S
Gessner
André
A
Schoerner
Christoph
C
Schröppel
Klaus
K
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D027081:DNA Gyrase / Q000235:genetics; D027101:DNA Topoisomerase IV / Q000235:genetics; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015363:Quinolones / Q000494:pharmacology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016869:Ureaplasma Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D016990:Ureaplasma urealyticum / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015363:Quinolones; D002701:Chloramphenicol; D027101:DNA Topoisomerase IV; D027081:DNA Gyrase; D004318:Doxycycline