[Meningitis caused by Bacteroides fragilis in children]. / Meningitis por Bacteroides fragilis en niños.
Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex
; 46(11): 724-7, 1989 Nov.
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em Es
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2698635
Bacteroides fragilis is an obligated anaerobic bacillus which forms part of the normal intestinal flora of the colon and is often seen as a common pathogen in intraabdominal infections. It is an infrequent pathogen in cases of meningitis; a review of the literature reports only eight cases of this disease in children, especially in neonates with conditioning factors such as abdominal sepsis, chronic middle ear otitis and atrial-ventricular derivations. A case of a newborn baby girl with lumbosacral myelomeningocele is reported. After the defect was surgically corrected, the wound became infected, the stitches opened, the child began to have fever, became irritable and suffered convulsions. The spinal tap showed changes compatible to bacterial meningitis, the bacteria was grown on Shaedler medium. The child was treated with cefotaxime and amikacin showing no satisfactory improvement. Afterwards, a second spinal tap showed Bacteroides fragilis.
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Assunto principal:
Infecções por Bacteroides
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Meningite
Limite:
Humans
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Newborn
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex
Ano de publicação:
1989
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Article
País de publicação:
México