Nosocomial bacterial and fungal meningitis in cancer patients.

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer ·Vol. 3 ·No. 6 ·1995-11-00 ·Pages 425-7

Trupl J, Minarik T, Spanik S, Sufliarsky J, Krcmery V

Abstract

Five cases of nosocomial meningitis are described that occurred within 5 years in a national cancer center in neutropenic cancer patients after cytotoxic chemotherapy: one caused by the yeast Aureobasidium mansoni and four caused by bacteria (two by Enterococcus faecalis and one by Salmonella enteritis and Arcanobacterium haemolyticus. Despite the severe symptoms, all cases were cured with appropriate antimicrobial therapy.

MeSH Terms

Adult Cancer Care Facilities Cross Infection/etiology Humans Infection Control Male Meningitis, Bacterial/etiology Meningitis, Fungal/etiology Middle Aged Neoplasms/complications Neutropenia/chemically induced,complications Risk Factors

Authors & Affiliations

5 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Trupl J

National Cancer Institute, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.

Minarik T

Spanik S

Sufliarsky J

Krcmery V

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Article Info

Journal

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer

Abbr.

Support Care Cancer

ISSN

0941-4355

DOI

10.1007/BF00364985

Published

1995-11-00

Pages

425-7

Language

English

Region

Germany

NLM ID

9302957

Subset

Corrections

CommentIn

PMID: 8564341

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF00364985 View journal details

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