Community-acquired meningitis due to methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus

• Published in: Médecine et maladies infectieuses Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 156 - 160
• Main Authors: Pinet, P, Denes, E, Garnier, F, Durox, H, Ducroix-Roubertou, S, Weinbreck, P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: French
• Published: France 01.03.2010
• Subjects: Abscesses; Age; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antibiotics; Arthritis; Bacteremia; Cerebrospinal fluid; Community-Acquired Infections - diagnosis; Community-Acquired Infections - drug therapy; Drug resistance; Evolution; Female; Humans; Infection; Leukocytes; Lung; Male; Meningitis; Meningitis, Bacterial - diagnosis; Meningitis, Bacterial - therapy; Methicillin; Methicillin - therapeutic use; Middle Aged; Neurosurgery; Risk factors; Spondylodiscitis; Staphylococcal enterotoxin F; Staphylococcal Infections - diagnosis; Staphylococcal Infections - therapy; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects

Meningitis due to Staphylococcus aureus is infrequent. MRSA is mainly found after neurosurgery, but MSSA may be involved in community-acquired meningitis. However, this kind of infection is not widely reported, despite its severity. We describe the characteristics of five patients hospitalized in ou...