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Meningitis caused by vancomycin-resistant Leuconostoc sp.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 25 ·No. 9 ·1987-09-00 ·Pages 1784-5

Coovadia YM, Solwa Z, van den Ende J

Abstract

A rare case of purulent meningitis caused by vancomycin-resistant Leuconostoc sp. is reported. The patient was treated successfully with penicillin G, and there were no neurological sequelae. We recommend that all gram-positive cocci isolated from cerebrospinal fluid and blood be fully identified so as not to confuse Leuconostoc spp. with more commonly isolated pathogens such as pneumococci and other alpha-hemolytic streptococci.

MeSH Terms
Adolescent Bacterial Infections/drug therapy,microbiology Drug Resistance, Microbial Female Humans Leuconostoc/drug effects,isolation & purification,pathogenicity Meningitis/drug therapy,microbiology Penicillin G/therapeutic use Vancomycin/pharmacology
Chemicals
Vancomycin Penicillin G
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Coovadia Y M
Department of Microbiology, University of Natal Medical School, Durban, South Africa.
Solwa Z
van den Ende J
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of clinical microbiology
Abbr.
J Clin Microbiol
ISSN
0095-1137
DOI
10.1128/jcm.25.9.1784-1785.1987
Published
1987-09-00
Pages
1784-5
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505564
PMCID
PMC269331
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jcm.25.9.1784-1785.1987 PMC Full Text View journal details
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