Intrathecal Drug Delivery Device Infection and Meningitis due to Mycobacterium Fortuitum: A Case Report
| Autor: | Richard K. Osenbach, Hamidreza Aliabadi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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medicine.drug_class
Antibiotics Intrathecal Microbiology chemistry.chemical_compound medicine biology business.industry General Medicine biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition equipment and supplies bacterial infections and mycoses medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Regimen Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Baclofen Neurology chemistry Drug delivery bacteria Mycobacterium fortuitum Neurology (clinical) business Meningitis Mycobacterium |
| Zdroj: | Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society. 11(4) |
| ISSN: | 1094-7159 |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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