De Novo meningitis caused by Propionibacterium acnes in a patient with metastatic melanoma.

Authors :: Burnham JP
Thomas BS
Trevino SE
McElvania Tekippe E
Burnham CA
Kuhlmann FM
Source :: Journal of clinical microbiology [J Clin Microbiol] 2014 Apr; Vol. 52 (4), pp. 1290-3. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Jan 29.
Publication Year :: 2014
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.

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

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