Staphylococcus caprae meningitis following intraspinal device infection

被引：13

作者：

Benedetti, Paolo ^{[1
]}

Pellizzer, Giampietro ^{[1
]}

Furlan, Francesca ^{[2
]}

Nicolin, Roberto ^{[1
]}

Rassu, Mario ^{[2
]}

Sefton, Armine ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Osped S Bortolo, Unita Operat Malattie Infett & Trop, I-36100 Vicenza, Italy

[2] Osped S Bortolo, Microbiol Lab, I-36100 Vicenza, Italy

[3] Barts & London, Sch Med & Dent, Ctr Infect Dis, Inst Cell & Mol Sci, London E1 2AT, England

来源：

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY | 2008年 / 57卷 / 07期

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D O I：

10.1099/jmm.0.2008/000356-0

中图分类号：

Q93 [微生物学];

学科分类号：

071005 ; 100705 ;

摘要：

A case is reported of Staphylococcus caprae meningitis due to infection of an intraspinal analgesia pump. The subclinical and pauci-symptomatic clinical course of the infection strongly suggested a chronic device contamination.

引用

页码：904 / 906

页数：3

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