Abstract
A fatal case of pyogenic meningitis due to Bacteroides fragilis in a 6-year-old boy is reported. The need for processing cerebrospinal fluid of patients with underlying conditions such as chronic otitis media for recovery of both aerobes and anaerobes is discussed.
Full text
PDF
Selected References
These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
- Chattopadhyay B. Bacteroides fragilis meningitis. Lancet. 1977 Jun 25;1(8026):1371–1371. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(77)92592-2. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Draper D. L., Barry A. L. Rapid identification of Bacteroides fragilis with bile and antibiotic disks. J Clin Microbiol. 1977 Apr;5(4):439–443. doi: 10.1128/jcm.5.4.439-443.1977. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Duerden B. I. The identification of gram-negative anaerobic bacilli isolated from clinical infections. J Hyg (Lond) 1980 Apr;84(2):301–313. doi: 10.1017/s0022172400026802. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Kurzynski T. A., Yrios J. W., Helstad A. G., Field C. R. Aerobically incubated thioglycolate broth disk method for antibiotic susceptibility testing of anaerobes. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1976 Oct;10(4):727–732. doi: 10.1128/aac.10.4.727. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Odugbemi T. O., Hafiz S., McEntegart M. G. Penicillinase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae: detection by starch paper technique. Br Med J. 1977 Aug 20;2(6085):500–500. doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6085.500. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Phillips K. D. A simple and sensitive technique for determining and fermentation reactions of non-sporing anaerobes. J Appl Bacteriol. 1976 Oct;41(2):325–328. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1976.tb00638.x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]