Central Nervous System Infections Due toStomatococcus mucilaginosusin Immunocompromised Hosts | Zendy

Mitchell Goldman | Zendy; Uzair B. Chaudhary | Zendy; Anne Greist | Zendy; Christopher A. Fausel | Zendy

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Central Nervous System Infections Due toStomatococcus mucilaginosusin Immunocompromised Hosts

Author(s) -

Mitchell Goldman,

Uzair B. Chaudhary,

Anne Greist,

Christopher A. Fausel

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/515001

Subject(s) - medicine , neutropenia , central nervous system , vancomycin , leukemia , malignancy , chemotherapy , opportunistic infection , immunology , intensive care medicine , staphylococcus aureus , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , bacteria , viral disease , biology , genetics

We present a case of central nervous system (CNS) infection due to Stomatococcus mucilaginosus involving a patient with leukemia and summarize 12 additional published reports of CNS infection due to this organism in immunocompromised hosts. The infection was diagnosed most commonly in the setting of hematologic malignancy accompanied by chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. S. mucilaginosus was recovered from blood prior to discovery of the CNS infection in 62% of cases. Signs or symptoms of CNS infection were observed in all patients. Although a number of patients responded to regimens containing intravenous vancomycin, the addition of intrathecal vancomycin appeared to be of benefit in some cases.

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