Staphylococcus caprae meningitis following intraspinal device infection

J Med Microbiol. 2008 Jul;57(Pt 7):904-906. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/000356-0.

Abstract

A case is reported of Staphylococcus caprae meningitis due to infection of an intraspinal analgesia pump. The subclinical and pauci-symptomatic clinical course of the infection strongly suggested a chronic device contamination.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics / administration & dosage
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infusion Pumps, Implantable / adverse effects*
  • Injections, Spinal / methods*
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Staphylococcus / classification
  • Staphylococcus / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Analgesics