Rare case of meningitis due to an emerging pathogen Chryseobacterium indologenes

Anuj Sud; Monica Chaudhary; C P Baveja; P N Pandey

doi:10.1177/2050313X20936098

Rare case of meningitis due to an emerging pathogen Chryseobacterium indologenes

SAGE Open Med Case Rep. 2020 Jun 26:8:2050313X20936098. doi: 10.1177/2050313X20936098. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Anuj Sud¹, Monica Chaudhary¹, C P Baveja¹, P N Pandey²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Lok Nayak Hospital, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.

Abstract

Chryseobacterium indologenes is a non-glucose fermenting Gram-negative bacteria widely distributed in nature. It has been found to cause a variety of infections like nosocomial pneumonia, bacteremia and wound infections usually in immunosuppressed patients and those with indwelling devices. The organism is resistant to a significant number of the commonly prescribed broad spectrum antibiotics. We report a rare case of meningitis due to C. indologenes in a patient diagnosed with medulloblastoma and hydrocephalus with an external ventricular drain in situ. The patient was successfully treated with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole combination and external ventricular drain replacement as shown by subsequent sterile cultures.

Keywords: Chryseobacterium indologenes; external ventricular drain; medulloblastoma; meningitis; ventriculoperitoneal shunt.

Publication types

Case Reports