Ommaya-catheter-related Staphylococcus epidermidis cerebritis and recurrent bacteremia documented by molecular typing

A Hakim; C Rossi; A Kabanda; A Deplano; Y De Gheldre; M J Struelens

doi:10.1007/s100960000383

Ommaya-catheter-related Staphylococcus epidermidis cerebritis and recurrent bacteremia documented by molecular typing

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2000 Nov;19(11):875-7. doi: 10.1007/s100960000383.

Authors

A Hakim¹, C Rossi, A Kabanda, A Deplano, Y De Gheldre, M J Struelens

Affiliation

¹ Service de Microbiologie, Hopital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

PMID: 11152314
DOI: 10.1007/s100960000383

Abstract

A 26-year-old woman receiving intrathecal chemotherapy for acute leukemia developed Ommaya-catheter-associated cerebritis and bacteremia caused by two clones of Staphylococcus epidermidis. Genomic fingerprinting of 19 staphylococcal isolates from the cerebrospinal fluid, blood, catheter and skull biopsy was necessary to establish the etiologic diagnosis and to guide medical and surgical therapy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Bacteremia / microbiology*
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Blood / microbiology
Catheterization / adverse effects
Catheters, Indwelling / microbiology*
Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Encephalitis / microbiology*
Equipment Contamination*
Female
Humans
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Staphylococcus epidermidis / classification*
Staphylococcus epidermidis / genetics
Staphylococcus epidermidis / isolation & purification