title: Intrathecal Drug Delivery Device Infection and Meningitis due to Mycobacterium Fortuitum: A Case Report.
abstract: Intrathecal drug delivery device infection with Mycobacterium fortuitum has not been reported previously. We report a case of an implanted baclofen pump infection and associated mycobacterium meningitis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum. The entire pump system was removed and the patient was treated successfully with a prolonged regimen of antibiotics.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Hamidreza
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aliabadi
authors.forename: Richard K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Osenbach