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Cerebellar abscess and meningitis, caused by Shewanella putrefaciens and Klebsiella pneumoniae, associated with chronic otitis media

Published:2007-11-01 Issue:11 Volume:56 Page:1558-1560
ISSN:0022-2615
Container-title:Journal of Medical Microbiology
language:en
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Author:

Yilmaz Gurdal¹,Aydin Kemalettin¹,Bektas Devrim²,Caylan Rahmet¹,Caylan Refik²,Koksal Iftihar¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon 61080, Turkey

2. Department of Otolaryngology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon 61080, Turkey

Abstract

Shewanella putrefaciens is a facultatively anaerobic, non-motile, Gram-negative, non-fermentative bacterium. It is found in various environments and has been isolated worldwide. S. putrefaciens is a rare cause of brain abscesses and meningitis. This is a case report of a cerebellar abscess and meningitis caused by Shewanella putrefaciens and Klebsiella pneumoniae in a river trap fisherman.

Publisher

Microbiology Society

Subject

Microbiology (medical),General Medicine,Microbiology

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