[Community-acquired Escherichia coli meningoencephalitis in an adult--case report].
The case of community-acquired meningoencephalitis induced by Escherichia coli in a 89-year-old man was presented. The authors paid attention to possibility of occurring central nervous system infections caused by this bacterium also in adults, in community environment and without concomitant factors favourable to the infection.
Kepa
Lucjan
L
Oddział Chorób Zakaźnych Slaskiego, Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Bytomiu.
Oczko-Grzesik
Barbara
B
Woźnica
Iwona
I
Wilczek
Krzysztof
K
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D012307:Risk Factors