Postoperative meningitis due to a rare pathogen; Alcaligenes xylosoxidans

• Authors: Burcin Ozer , Yurdal Serarslan , Nizami Duran , Gokhan Akdemir , Yusuf Onlen
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Alcaligenes xylosoxidans is non-fermenting gram-negative bacilli found in soil and water. It is an aerobic bacterium in the genus Achromobacter. This bacterium is motile, oxidase positive, and catalase positive, which is isolated uncommonly from clinical specimens. In the present paper, we report a case of meningitis associated with A. xylosoxidans in a 38-year-old male patient post neurosurgery.

Keywords

EN

Alcaligenes xylosoxidans; Meningitis

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 532-535

Dates

published

1 - 12 - 2009

online

3 - 10 - 2009

Contributors

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Burcin Ozer

• School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Mustafa Kemal University, 31100, Hatay, Turkey

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Yurdal Serarslan

• School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Mustafa Kemal University, 31100, Hatay, Turkey

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Nizami Duran

• School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Mustafa Kemal University, 31100, Hatay, Turkey

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Gokhan Akdemir

• School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Mustafa Kemal University, 31100, Hatay, Turkey

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Yusuf Onlen

• School of Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease, Mustafa Kemal University, 31100, Hatay, Turkey

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-009-0031-8