A meningitis case due to Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and review of the literature

Mucahit Yemisen; Bilgul Mete; Yusuf Tunali; Ercument Yentur; Recep Ozturk

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2008.03.028

A meningitis case due to Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and review of the literature

Int J Infect Dis. 2008 Nov;12(6):e125-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.03.028. Epub 2008 Jun 24.

Authors

Mucahit Yemisen¹, Bilgul Mete, Yusuf Tunali, Ercument Yentur, Recep Ozturk

Affiliation

¹ Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara Mevki Military Hospital, Keçiören, Ankara, Turkey. yemisenmucahit@hotmail.com

PMID: 18579427
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.03.028

Abstract

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (formerly Xanthomonas maltophilia) is a Gram-negative bacillus increasingly associated with serious nosocomial infections. Here, we describe a 30-year-old male patient who developed meningitis associated with this organism after several neurosurgical procedures. A review of the literature revealed only 15 previous reports. Most cases were associated with neurosurgical procedures. Antimicrobial therapy is complicated by multiple drug resistance of the organism, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole is the recommended agent for treatment.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Cross Infection / drug therapy
Cross Infection / microbiology*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Female
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Male
Meningitis, Bacterial / drug therapy
Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology*
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia / isolation & purification*
Surgical Wound Infection / drug therapy
Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology*
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / therapeutic use

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination