Open AccessPresumed Hydrogen Sulfide-mediated Neurotoxicity After Streptococcus Anginosus Group Meningitis
Author(s) -
Sumit Verma,
Rachel M. Landisch,
Brendan Quirk,
Kathleen M. Schmainda,
Melissa Prah,
Harry T. Whelan,
Rodney E. Willoughby
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0b013e3182748fe9
Subject(s) - streptococcus anginosus , neurotoxicity , citrobacter , microbiology and biotechnology , streptococcus , hydrogen sulfide , chemistry , sulfur , medicine , biology , bacteria , enterobacteriaceae , biochemistry , toxicity , organic chemistry , genetics , escherichia coli , gene
Hydrogen sulfide is an environmental toxicant and gaseous neurotransmitter. It is produced enterically by sulfur-reducing bacteria and invasive pathogens including Streptococcus anginosus group, Salmonella and Citrobacter. We describe putative focal hydrogen sulfide neurotoxicity after Streptococcus constellatus meningitis, treated with adjunctive sodium nitrite and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.