Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Peláez Bejarano, A
• García de Lomas, J M
• Franco-Huertas, M
• Martínez-Marcos, F J
• Jiménez-Hidalgo, A

Titel

Successful treatment of postsurgical meningitis caused by Bacillus cereus : a case report and literature review

Ist Teil von

• Journal of chemotherapy (Florence), 2023-08, Vol.35 (6), p.1-575

Ort / Verlag

England

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• is a spore-forming, gram-positive bacterium that is ubiquitous in the environment. Central nervous system involvement with is rare. Despite aggressive treatment with broad-spectrum antibiotics and using them appropriately, the mortality is high. A 72-year-old patient suffered a central nervous system infection associated with postsurgical meningitis and was successfully treated with a novel antibiotic therapy. This study includes the first case report of postsurgical meningitis in the last ten years. It provides a different line of treatment to the previous ones.