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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2007, p. 666-667, Vol. 45, No. 2
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01774-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Globicatella sanguinis Is an Etiological Agent of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt-Associated Meningitis{triangledown}

I. Seegmüller,* M. van der Linden, C. Heeg, and R. R. Reinert

German National Reference Centre for Streptococci, Institute for Medical Microbiology, RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany

Received 28 August 2006/ Returned for modification 11 October 2006/ Accepted 8 November 2006

Globicatella sanguinis is a very rare isolate in clinical samples. We present a case of meningitis in a 69-year-old female patient after implantation of an external left ventricular drainage due to a hydrocephalus. She recovered after antibiotic treatment with ceftriaxone.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: German National Reference Centre for Streptococci, Institute for Medical Microbiology, RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany. Phone: 49/241-80-35632. Fax: 49/241-80-82483. E-mail: iseegmueller{at}ukaachen.de.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 22 November 2006.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2007, p. 666-667, Vol. 45, No. 2
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01774-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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