CaulobacterSpecies as a Cause of Postneurosurgical Bacterial Meningitis in a Pediatric Patient

Abstract

Caulobacterspecies have been rarely found to be a cause of human infection. A case of probableCaulobacterspecies meningitis occurring postneurosurgery in a pediatric patient is reported in the present article. Gram stain and colony morphology of the isolate were not consistent with the identification provided by commercial phenotypic identification systems. The present case illustrates the need to reconcile conflicting phenotypic test results using 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing.