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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2006, p. 3037-3039, Vol. 44, No. 8
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00588-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Community-Acquired Meningitis and Sepsis Caused by Chryseobacterium meningosepticum in a Patient Diagnosed with Thalassemia Major

Nisel Ozkalay,1* Murat Anil,2 Neval Agus,1 Mehmet Helvaci,2 and Seral Sirti2

Department of Microbiology,1 Department of Pediatrics, Tepecik Educational and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey2

Received 20 March 2006/ Returned for modification 28 April 2006/ Accepted 18 May 2006

Chryseobacterium meningosepticum is a rare pathogen in cases of bacterial meningitis in adults and adolescents. We report on the case history of a 17-year-old boy with thalassemia major and meningitis and sepsis caused by C. meningosepticum in splenectomized. The patient received vancomycin therapy for 21 days and was discharged in a state of complete recovery.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Tepecik Educational and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey. Phone: 90 232 4696969. Fax: 90 232 4330756. E-mail: niseloz{at}yahoo.com.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2006, p. 3037-3039, Vol. 44, No. 8
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00588-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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