Streptococcus salivarius meningitis and sphenoid sinus mucocele. Case report and literature review - 17/08/11
Doi : 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.04.013
Aristide Conte a, Pierangelo Chinello a, ⁎ 
, Rok Civljak b, 1, Angelo Bellussi c, Pasquale Noto a, Nicola Petrosillo a
, Rok Civljak b, 1, Angelo Bellussi c, Pasquale Noto a, Nicola Petrosillo a a Second Infectious Diseases, “Lazzaro Spallanzani” National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy
b Infectious Diseases Institute “Dr. Fran Mihaljevic”, Zagreb, Croatia
c Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging Unit, “Lazzaro Spallanzani” National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy
Corresponding author. Tel.: +39 6 55170294; fax: +39 6 55170486.Summary |
We report a case of meningitis caused by Streptococcus salivarius in a 49-year-old woman with a previously undiagnosed cerebrospinal fluid fistula due to a sphenoid mucocele. We reviewed the literature concerning meningitis caused by this uncommon organism and to the best of our knowledge this is the first case of S. salivarius meningitis associated with sphenoid mucocele.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Streptococcus salivarius, Meningitis, Bacterial, Mucocele, Sphenoid sinus, Fistula, Diagnosis
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Vol 52 - N° 1
P. e27-e30 - janvier 2006 Retour au numéro
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