Corynebacterium striatum meningitis combined with suspected brain and lung abscesses: a case report and review

• Published in: BMC infectious diseases Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 1 - 4
• Main Authors: Zhang, Ming-Jie, Cao, Xiao-Jie, Fan, Jin, Yin, Ze-Gang, Yu, Ke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 01.06.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Abscess; Abscesses; Antibiotics; Bacteria; Blood; Brain; Care and treatment; Case Report; Case reports; Catheters; Cerebrospinal fluid; Coma; Communication; Complications; Cooperation; Corynebacterium striatum; Daptomycin; Endocarditis; Fractures; Gram-positive bacteria; Headache; Health aspects; Infections; Infectious diseases; Intravenous administration; Laboratories; Lungs; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical imaging; Meningitis; Meropenem; Neuroimaging; Pathogens; Patients; Pneumonia; Proteins; Skin; Vancomycin

Intracranial infections with Corynebacterium striatum (C. striatum) have been described sporadically in the literature over the last two decades. However, C. striatum meningitis combined with multiple abscesses has not been published before. Note that C. striatum can cause life-threatening infection...