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A Case of Mixed Bacterial Meningitis Associated with a Congenital Spinal Epidermoid
Author(s) -
Takahashi Chizuko,
Tonooka Tatsuhito,
Nakanishi Masanori,
Imai Ko
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1985.tb00628.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lumbosacral joint , meningitis , cerebrospinal fluid , myelography , antibiotics , surgery , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , spinal cord , psychiatry , biology
A case of mixed bacterial meningitis with congenital spinal epidermoid is reported. E. coli and S. faecalis were isolated simultaneously from the cerebrospinal fluid of a 14‐month‐old girl who had a continuing fever for 5 days. The clinical response was very poor, whereas bacteria detected showed high sensitivity in vitro to the antibiotics used clinically. Thus a myelography and a CT scanning of the lumbosacral region were performed one month after admission, when a spinal epidermoid was forced, containing an abscess connected to a thin dermal sinus which could not be recognized macroscopically. The patient recovered completely after surgical treatment.