Meningitis and Bacteremia Caused by Pasteurella Ureae: Report of a Case following Intracranial Surgery

Frank Bia Infectious Disease Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine and the Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Robert Marier Infectious Disease Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine and the Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

F. Collins William Jr Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine and the Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Alexander Von Graevenitz Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine and the Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Abstract

An otherwise healthy 53-year-old woman underwent intracranial surgery for trigeminal neuralgia. One week later she developed meningitis and bacteremia caused by Pasteurella ureae and was treated successfully with antimicrobials. This organism is known to colonize the respiratory tract in certain individuals and is an extremely rare cause of meningitis or bacteremia. This is the first reported case of bacteremia in an adult.

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