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Fatal meningoencephalitis due to Bacillus anthracis
Author(s) -
KWONG KL,
QUE TL,
WONG SN,
SO KT
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1997.tb01667.x
Subject(s) - medicine , meningoencephalitis , bacillus anthracis , virology , bacteria , genetics , biology
We report the first case of fatal anthrax meningoencephalitis in Hong Kong over the past 60 years. A 13 year‐old boy presented with right lower quadrant pain, diarrhoea and progressive headache. Lumbar puncture yielded gram positive bacilli initially thought to be Bacillus cereus, a contaminant. He was treated with ampicillin and cefotaxime, but died 3 days after hospitalization. The organism isolated from blood and cerebrospinal fluid was later identified as Bacillus anthracis.