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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2008, p. 1141-1143, Vol. 46, No. 3
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01628-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Ureaplasma urealyticum Meningitis in an Adult Patient{triangledown}

Walter Geiβdörfer,1 Günter Sandner,2 Stefan John,2 André Gessner,1 Christoph Schoerner,1 and Klaus Schröppel1,3*

Institute of Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany,1 Nephrology and Hypertensiology, Internal Medicine IV, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany,2 Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany3

Received 15 August 2007/ Returned for modification 14 October 2007/ Accepted 20 December 2007

A 38-year-old patient developed meningitis after a complicated kidney transplantation and organ rejection. Ureaplasma urealyticum was identified as the etiological agent by molecular and microbiological analyses of the cerebrospinal fluid. The patient was successfully treated with doxycycline and chloramphenicol. This is the first report of Ureaplasma urealyticum meningitis in an adult.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 6, 72076 Tübingen, Germany. Phone: 49 (0)7071 29 82358. Fax: 49 (0)7071 29 5440. E-mail: klaus.schroeppel{at}med.uni-tuebingen.de

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 3 January 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2008, p. 1141-1143, Vol. 46, No. 3
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01628-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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