Enterococcus faecalis: an unusual cause of meningitis in a child with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Enterococcal meningitis is an uncommon disease in children, most frequently reported in infants or in children with central nervous system pathology. We report a rare case of Enterococcus faecalis meningitis in an 11-year-old child with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The patient during the course of chemotherapy became neutropenic, febrile, agitated, and disoriented with clinical signs of meningeal irritation. Culture of cerebrospinal fluid yielded Enterococcus faecalis. The patient was successfully treated with ampicillin without any neurological defects.
Athanassiadou
Fani
F
2nd Department of Pediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Kourti
Maria
M
Tragiannidis
Athanassios
A
Makedou
Areti
A
Papageorgiou
Theodotis
T
D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013129:Spinal Puncture
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000667:Ampicillin