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We present a case of a 55-year-old lady with intermittent twitching of the left side of her face, involving her left eyelid and the angle of the mouth, ongoing for two years. She failed multiple trials of botulinum toxin injections as well as oral anti-spasmodic medications. The patient was diagnosed with an ectatic left vertebral artery, causing a compression of cranial nerve VII on the same side on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain. She underwent neurosurgery with a microvascular decompression of the ectatic artery with a resolution of hemifacial spasms. However, her postoperative course was complicated by headaches and low-grade fevers. She also had leukocytosis on a laboratory evaluation. The postoperative computed tomography (CT) scan of her head was normal. The patient had a lumbar puncture done, which showed an elevated white cell count in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis and the CSF culture was positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria. She was diagnosed with MRSA meningitis as a postoperative complication following microvascular decompression. The patient had a revision surgery of the decompression site, including wound debridement and did well postoperatively.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Meningitis as a Complication of Facial Nerve Decompression for Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia