Sphingomonas paucimobilis meningitis and ventriculitis in an immunocompromised host

J Neurol Sci. 2015 Dec 15;359(1-2):18-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.10.027. Epub 2015 Oct 19.

Authors

Robert D Bolen¹, Elizabeth Palavecino², Arvind Gomadam³, Nikhil Balakrishnan³, Sudhir Datar³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States. Electronic address: bolen@musc.edu.
² Department of Pathology, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston Salem, NC, United States.
³ Department of Neurology, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston Salem, NC, United States.

PMID: 26671080
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.10.027

No abstract available

Keywords: Gram-negative bacilli meningitis; Immunosuppressed CNS infection; Sphingomonas paucimobilis; Use of dexamethasone in cerebral edema.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Humans
Immunocompromised Host*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Meningitis / immunology*
Meningitis / physiopathology*
Sphingomonas / pathogenicity*