Primary meningitis due to Fusobacterium nucleatum successfully treated with ceftriaxone in a healthy adult male
Trager Hintze, Michelle Steed, Eric Sievers and 2 more
IDCases · 2019
doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00616 (opens in a new tab)
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Abstract
Fusobacterium nucleatum is a rod-shaped gram-negative obligate anaerobe; this organism, and other anaerobes, are usually not a part of the culture performed for a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sample. To date, four cases of Fusobacterium meningitis in adults have been published. We report successful treatment of a case of primary meningitis due to Fusobacterium nucleatum in an otherwise healthy 72-year-old male. Keywords: Bacterial meningitis, Fusobacterium infections, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Ceftriaxone
Abstract licence: CC BY-NC
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