A Case of
Brevibacillus brevis Meningitis and Bacteremia.
Case Rep Infect Dis 2020;
2020:5931235. [PMID:
32774949 PMCID:
PMC7397378 DOI:
10.1155/2020/5931235]
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Abstract
Brevibacillus species are environmental organisms that are rarely implicated as human pathogens. We present the case of postsurgical Brevibacillus brevis bacterial meningitis and an associated bacteremia after debulking surgery for a newly diagnosed pilocytic astrocytoma in a 19-year-old woman. The patient experienced clinical cure with a 4-week course of vancomycin, but her postinfectious course was complicated by the development of a pseudomeningocele that required surgical repair. To our knowledge, this is the first described case of a central nervous system infection caused by Brevibacillus brevis in the literature.
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