Staphylococcus warneri MENINGITIS IN A PATIENT WITH Strongyloides stercoralis HYPERINFECTION AND LYMPHOMA. FIRST REPORT OF A CASE

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作者
Nino Incani, Renzo [1 ]
Hernandez, Marcos [2 ]
Cortez, Jackeline [1 ]
Elena Gonzalez, Maria [3 ]
Dorel Salazar, Yaimir
机构
[1] Univ Carabobo, Fac Ciencias Salud, Dept Parasitol, Valencia 2001, Venezuela
[2] Univ Carabobo, Fac Ciencias Salud, Dept Med, Valencia 2001, Venezuela
[3] Ctr Especialidades Quirurg, Guacara, Venezuela
来源
REVISTA DO INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DE SAO PAULO | 2010年 / 52卷 / 03期
关键词
Staphylococcus warneri; Meningitis; Lymphoma; Rituximab; Hyperinfection; CLINICAL-SIGNIFICANCE; BIOFILMS;
D O I
10.1590/S0036-46652010000300011
中图分类号
R51 [传染病];
学科分类号
100401 ;
摘要
A case of meningitis due to Staphylococcus warneri in a patient with a hyperinfection with Strongyloides stercoralis possibly associated with rituximab treatment lot mantel cell lymphoma is reported for the first time in the literature. The patient was a 59-year-old woman. with a 3-year history of an apparently well controlled lymphoma after treatment with chemotherapy-immunotherapy and then immunotherapy alone, and diagnostics is of strongyloidiasis Meningitis was diagnosed by cereborspinal fluid culture and tested with an automated plate system The patient was successfully treated with vancomycin, although fever and productive cough persisted Severe gastrointestinal symptoms and pneumonia developed three weeks later Hyperinfection syndrome by S stercoralis was diagnosed. with abundant larvae in feces and expectoration
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