Ommaya-catheter-related Staphylococcus epidermidis cerebritis and recurrent bacteremia documented by molecular typing

Authors
Hakim, A Rossi, C Kabanda, A Deplano, A De Gheldre, Y Struelens, MJ
Citation
A. Hakim et al., Ommaya-catheter-related Staphylococcus epidermidis cerebritis and recurrent bacteremia documented by molecular typing, EUR J CL M, 19(11), 2000, pp. 875-877
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
09349723 → ACNP
Volume
19
Issue
11
Year of publication
2000
Pages
875 - 877
Database
ISI
SICI code
0934-9723(200011)19:11<875:OSECAR>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A 26-year-old woman receiving intrathecal chemotherapy for acute leukemia d eveloped Ommaya-catheter-associated cerebritis and bacteremia caused by two clones of Staphylococcus epidermidis. Genomic fingerprinting of 19 staphyl ococcal isolates from the cerebrospinal fluid, blood, catheter and skull bi opsy was necessary to establish the etiologic diagnosis and to guide medica l and surgical therapy.