[Purulent meningitis and bacteremia from Bacteroides fragilis revealing a meningioma]

P Courtin; M Nezri; M Biextrix; M Gallardo; A Dembele

doi:10.1016/s0750-7658(01)00400-2

[Purulent meningitis and bacteremia from Bacteroides fragilis revealing a meningioma]

Ann Fr Anesth Reanim. 2001 May;20(5):490-3. doi: 10.1016/s0750-7658(01)00400-2.

[Article in French]

Authors

P Courtin¹, M Nezri, M Biextrix, M Gallardo, A Dembele

Affiliation

¹ Service d'anesthésie-réanimation polyvalente, centre hospitalier, 3, boulevard des Rayettes, BP 248, 13698 Martigues, France.

PMID: 11419244
DOI: 10.1016/s0750-7658(01)00400-2

Abstract

We report the case of a 78-year-old-woman with a meningitis caused by Bacteroides fragilis revealing a malignant tumor. The epidemiologic, etiologic and therapeutic features of these meningitis are reviewed.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Aged
Bacteroides Infections / pathology*
Bacteroides fragilis*
Female
Humans
Meningeal Neoplasms / pathology*
Meningioma / pathology*
Meningitis, Bacterial / pathology*