Spontaneous methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) meningitis

Spontaneous methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) meningitis is extremely rare and has a high mortality rate. We report a case of MRSA meningitis in an otherwise healthy young adult female with no recent trauma or neurosurgical interventions. Despite antibiotics she suffered a vasculiti...

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Published in:The American journal of emergency medicine 2018-05, Vol.36 (5), p.909.e1-909.e3
Main Authors: Longhurst, William D., Sheele, Johnathan M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibiotics
Bacterial meningitis
Blood
Brain injury
Case reports
Drug resistance
Emergency medical care
Endocarditis
Escherichia coli
Haemophilus
Headache
Headaches
Influenza
Ischemia
Listeria monocytogenes
Meningitis
Methicillin
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Mortality
MRSA
Neisseria
Neurosurgery
Pneumonia
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus infections
Streptococcus
Vasculitis
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Summary:Spontaneous methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) meningitis is extremely rare and has a high mortality rate. We report a case of MRSA meningitis in an otherwise healthy young adult female with no recent trauma or neurosurgical interventions. Despite antibiotics she suffered a vasculitis-induced cerebral vascular ischemic event.
ISSN:0735-6757
1532-8171
DOI:10.1016/j.ajem.2018.01.098