1. De Novo meningitis caused by Propionibacterium acnes in a patient with metastatic melanoma.
- Author
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Burnham JP, Thomas BS, Trevino SE, McElvania Tekippe E, Burnham CA, and Kuhlmann FM
- Subjects
- Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections microbiology, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections pathology, Humans, Male, Melanoma pathology, Meningeal Neoplasms pathology, Meningitis, Meningitis, Bacterial microbiology, Meningitis, Bacterial pathology, Middle Aged, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections diagnosis, Melanoma complications, Melanoma secondary, Meningeal Neoplasms complications, Meningeal Neoplasms secondary, Meningitis, Bacterial diagnosis, Propionibacterium acnes isolation & purification
- Abstract
Propionibacterium acnes is a known cause of postneurosurgical meningitis; however, it is rarely implicated in de novo meningitis. Herein we report a case of a 49-year-old male with de novo meningitis caused by P. acnes with metastatic melanoma as the only identified risk factor for his infection.
- Published
- 2014
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