Acute Bacterial Meningitis and Systemic Abscesses due to Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis Infection
Disseminated abscesses due to group G β-hemolytic Streptococcus dysgalactiae were observed in a 57-year-old cirrhotic patient with the skin being the putative way of entry for the pathogen. S. dysgalactiae is a rare agent in human infections responsible for acute pyogenic meningitis. The mortality r...
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| author | M. Jourani T. Duprez V. Roelants H. Rodriguez-Villalobos P. Hantson |
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| description | Disseminated abscesses due to group G β-hemolytic Streptococcus dysgalactiae were observed in a 57-year-old cirrhotic patient with the skin being the putative way of entry for the pathogen. S. dysgalactiae is a rare agent in human infections responsible for acute pyogenic meningitis. The mortality rate associated with S. dysgalactiae bacteraemia and meningitis may be as high as 50%, particularly in the presence of endocarditis or brain abscesses. In our patient, main sites of infections were meningitis and ventriculitis, spondylodiscitis, septic arthritis, and soft-tissue infections. In contrast, no endocarditis was evidenced. Cirrhosis-related immune suppression was considered as a pathophysiological cofactor for the condition. Fortunately, clinical status improved after long-term (3 months) antimicrobial therapy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-06cce176115c45a4804afedd90ca7e7b2025-08-20T02:02:50ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332017-01-01201710.1155/2017/86458598645859Acute Bacterial Meningitis and Systemic Abscesses due to Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis InfectionM. Jourani0T. Duprez1V. Roelants2H. Rodriguez-Villalobos3P. Hantson4Department of Intensive Care, Cliniques St-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, BelgiumDepartment of Radiology, Neuroradiology Division, Cliniques St-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, BelgiumDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Cliniques St-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, BelgiumLaboratory of Microbiology, Cliniques St-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, BelgiumDepartment of Intensive Care, Cliniques St-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, BelgiumDisseminated abscesses due to group G β-hemolytic Streptococcus dysgalactiae were observed in a 57-year-old cirrhotic patient with the skin being the putative way of entry for the pathogen. S. dysgalactiae is a rare agent in human infections responsible for acute pyogenic meningitis. The mortality rate associated with S. dysgalactiae bacteraemia and meningitis may be as high as 50%, particularly in the presence of endocarditis or brain abscesses. In our patient, main sites of infections were meningitis and ventriculitis, spondylodiscitis, septic arthritis, and soft-tissue infections. In contrast, no endocarditis was evidenced. Cirrhosis-related immune suppression was considered as a pathophysiological cofactor for the condition. Fortunately, clinical status improved after long-term (3 months) antimicrobial therapy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8645859 |
| spellingShingle | M. Jourani T. Duprez V. Roelants H. Rodriguez-Villalobos P. Hantson Acute Bacterial Meningitis and Systemic Abscesses due to Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis Infection Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Acute Bacterial Meningitis and Systemic Abscesses due to Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis Infection |
| title_full | Acute Bacterial Meningitis and Systemic Abscesses due to Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis Infection |
| title_fullStr | Acute Bacterial Meningitis and Systemic Abscesses due to Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis Infection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acute Bacterial Meningitis and Systemic Abscesses due to Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis Infection |
| title_short | Acute Bacterial Meningitis and Systemic Abscesses due to Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis Infection |
| title_sort | acute bacterial meningitis and systemic abscesses due to streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp equisimilis infection |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8645859 |
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