Isolation of Corynebacterium aquaticum from spinal fluid of an infant with meningitis
| Autor: | J A Jahre, D G Beckwith, S Haggerty |
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| Rok vydání: | 1986 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Corynebacterium Meningitis Listeria Biology medicine.disease_cause Microbiology law.invention Diagnosis Differential Cerebrospinal fluid Listeria monocytogenes law medicine Humans Meningitis Leukocytosis Corynebacterium Infections Infant Newborn biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Gram staining Hypoglycorrhachia Vomiting Female medicine.symptom Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Journal of clinical microbiology. 23(2) |
| ISSN: | 0095-1137 |
| Popis: | A 4-week-old female was hospitalized because of vomiting, irritability, and nuchal rigidity. A spinal fluid culture yielded Corynebacterium aquaticum. The diagnosis of C. aquaticum meningitis in this infant was supported by the following cerebrospinal fluid findings: Gram stain, elevated protein, hypoglycorrhachia, positive C-reactive protein, and polymorphonuclear leukocytosis. Antigen studies for common bacterial causes of meningitis were negative. C. aquaticum is a rare cause of human disease and may be initially confused with Listeria monocytogenes, which is a more common gram-positive, motile rod associated with meningitis in infants. |
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