Staphylococcus warneri meningitis in a patient with Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection and lymphoma: first report of a case.
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo
; 52(3): 169-70, 2010.
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A case of meningitis due to Staphylococcus warneri in a patient with a hyperinfection with Strongyloides stercoralis possibly associated with rituximab treatment for mantel cell lymphoma is reported for the first time in the literature. The patient was a 59-year-old woman, with a 3-year history of an apparently well controlled lymphoma after treatment with chemotherapy-immunotherapy and then immunotherapy alone, and diagnosis of strongyloidiasis. Meningitis was diagnosed by cerebrospinal fluid culture and tested with an automated plate system. The patient was successfully treated with vancomycin; although fever and productive cough persisted. Severe gastrointestinal symptoms and pneumonia developed three weeks later. Hyperinfection syndrome by S. stercoralis was diagnosed, with abundant larvae in feces and expectoration.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções Estafilocócicas
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Estrongiloidíase
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Superinfecção
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Meningites Bacterianas
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Strongyloides stercoralis
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Linfoma de Célula do Manto
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Venezuela
País de publicação:
Brasil