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Comamonas testosteroni meningitis in a patient with recurrent cholesteatoma
Author(s) -
ARDA BILGIN,
AYDEMIR SOHRET,
YAMAZHAN TANSU,
HASSAN ABDULLAHI,
TÜNGER ALPER,
SERTER DEMIR
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
apmis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0903-4641
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0463.2003.1110404.x
Subject(s) - comamonas testosteroni , ceftriaxone , meningitis , medicine , cholesteatoma , meropenem , bacterial meningitis , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , surgery , biology , antibiotics , antibiotic resistance , genetics
Comamonas testosteroni , a lesser‐known member of the genus, has shown little apparent capacity for causing infections in humans. We here present a case of purulent meningitis due to C. testosteroni , which occurred in a patient who had recurrent cholesteatoma. Ceftriaxone treatment was not effective in this patient even though in vitro the bacteria were susceptible to the drug. The patient responded well to meropenem therapy.