GRAM-NEGATIVE MENINGITIS AND CHRONIC CONSTIPATION - AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF CAUDAL REGRESSION SYNDROME

Congenital malformations may present as meningitis caused by enteric o rganisms, but this is extremely rare and occurs almost exclusively in the paediatric population. We report an unusual case of a young man wi th chronic constipation presenting with spontaneous Gram-negative meni ngitis due to an underlying congenital spinal malformation known as th e caudal regression syndrome.