A Rare Case of Meningitis Caused by Alcaligenes faecalis in an Immunocompetent Patient
Alcaligenes faecalis (A. faecalis) is a Gram-negative rod rarely isolated as an infective bacterium worldwide. The first cases of infections caused by this microorganism, such as pneumonia, soft tissue infections, urinary tract infections, bacteremia, and meningitis, date back more than 40 years and...
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| author | Kevin Cantillo García Oscar Calderón Duran Tomás Acosta Pérez Ángel Vásquez Jiménez Emerson Madrid Pérez María Cristina Martínez-Ávila Tomás Rodríguez Yánez Amilkar Almanza-Hurtado |
| author_facet | Kevin Cantillo García Oscar Calderón Duran Tomás Acosta Pérez Ángel Vásquez Jiménez Emerson Madrid Pérez María Cristina Martínez-Ávila Tomás Rodríguez Yánez Amilkar Almanza-Hurtado |
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| description | Alcaligenes faecalis (A. faecalis) is a Gram-negative rod rarely isolated as an infective bacterium worldwide. The first cases of infections caused by this microorganism, such as pneumonia, soft tissue infections, urinary tract infections, bacteremia, and meningitis, date back more than 40 years and are almost entirely in newborns and immunosuppressed hosts. Optimal antibiotic therapy for A. faecalis has not been well established in the literature. We report a case of an immunocompetent patient in Colombia who had meningitis due to A. faecalis after a dental procedure. It is important to know about this microorganism that nowadays could be considered a potentially emerging pathogen in immunocompetent adults. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8316b6913c6c4f93b0f3e47e472088322025-02-03T06:05:03ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96352022-01-01202210.1155/2022/1559360A Rare Case of Meningitis Caused by Alcaligenes faecalis in an Immunocompetent PatientKevin Cantillo García0Oscar Calderón Duran1Tomás Acosta Pérez2Ángel Vásquez Jiménez3Emerson Madrid Pérez4María Cristina Martínez-Ávila5Tomás Rodríguez Yánez6Amilkar Almanza-Hurtado7Intensive Care UnitIntensive Care UnitInternal Medicine ProgramMedicine ProgramInternal Medicine ProgramEpidemiology and Public HealthIntensive Care UnitIntensive Care UnitAlcaligenes faecalis (A. faecalis) is a Gram-negative rod rarely isolated as an infective bacterium worldwide. The first cases of infections caused by this microorganism, such as pneumonia, soft tissue infections, urinary tract infections, bacteremia, and meningitis, date back more than 40 years and are almost entirely in newborns and immunosuppressed hosts. Optimal antibiotic therapy for A. faecalis has not been well established in the literature. We report a case of an immunocompetent patient in Colombia who had meningitis due to A. faecalis after a dental procedure. It is important to know about this microorganism that nowadays could be considered a potentially emerging pathogen in immunocompetent adults.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/1559360 |
| spellingShingle | Kevin Cantillo García Oscar Calderón Duran Tomás Acosta Pérez Ángel Vásquez Jiménez Emerson Madrid Pérez María Cristina Martínez-Ávila Tomás Rodríguez Yánez Amilkar Almanza-Hurtado A Rare Case of Meningitis Caused by Alcaligenes faecalis in an Immunocompetent Patient Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | A Rare Case of Meningitis Caused by Alcaligenes faecalis in an Immunocompetent Patient |
| title_full | A Rare Case of Meningitis Caused by Alcaligenes faecalis in an Immunocompetent Patient |
| title_fullStr | A Rare Case of Meningitis Caused by Alcaligenes faecalis in an Immunocompetent Patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Case of Meningitis Caused by Alcaligenes faecalis in an Immunocompetent Patient |
| title_short | A Rare Case of Meningitis Caused by Alcaligenes faecalis in an Immunocompetent Patient |
| title_sort | rare case of meningitis caused by alcaligenes faecalis in an immunocompetent patient |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/1559360 |
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