Diagnosis and treatment strategies for community-acquired Streptococcus salivarius meningitis

Med Mal Infect. 2014 Jan;44(1):42-4. doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2013.10.005. Epub 2013 Nov 22.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Ceftriaxone / therapeutic use*
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / surgery
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
  • Community-Acquired Infections / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Community-Acquired Infections / diagnosis
  • Community-Acquired Infections / drug therapy
  • Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology*
  • DNA, Bacterial / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Dexamethasone / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • Fistula / complications
  • Fistula / surgery
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Meningitis / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Meningitis / diagnosis
  • Meningitis / drug therapy
  • Meningitis / microbiology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Respiratory Tract Fistula / complications
  • Respiratory Tract Fistula / surgery
  • Ribotyping
  • Sphenoid Sinusitis / complications
  • Sphenoid Sinusitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Sphenoid Sinusitis / microbiology
  • Sphenoid Sinusitis / surgery
  • Streptococcal Infections / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis
  • Streptococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Streptococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Streptococcus / isolation & purification*
  • Subarachnoid Space
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Ceftriaxone
  • Dexamethasone