Post-operative Meningitis Caused by Drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae: Two Case Reports

Chitsanu Pancharoen Infectious Diseases Unit, and, Chulalongkorn University, BangkokCorrespondence[email protected]

Wiroje Pongpunlert Neurology Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok

Sasithorn Likitnukul Infectious Diseases Unit, and, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok

Usa Thisyakorn Neurology Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok

Abstract

We report 2 patients with post-operative meningitis caused by drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (DRSP), following correction of frontoethmoidal encephalomeningocele in 1 patient and adenotonsillectomy in the other. Both patients responded well to vancomycin plus cefotaxime. DRSP may be colonized in the upper respiratory tract and causes serious infections after surgical operation.

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