Table 3. . Cases with S. maltophilia meningitis .
F: female, M: male, TMP-SXM: Trimethoprim- sulfamethoxazole, IVH: intraventricular haemorrhage, SCT: stem cell transplant, EVD: external ventricular drain, VPS: ventriculo peritoneal shunt, HTN: hypertension, SAH: subarachnoid haemorrhage *duration not known
| Year of publication | Age/gender | Prior Neurosurgical interventions | Comorbid illnesses | Therapy (Duration ) | Outcome |
| Patrick et al 1975 [5] | 70 years/M | None | Emphysema | Sulphamidine and chloramphenicol (12 days) | Cured |
| Denis et al, 1977 [6] | 13 months/F | None | None | Chloramphenicol and sulfadoxime/duration* | Cured |
| Denis et al, 1977 [6] | 8 months/M | None | None | Ampicillin and colistin* | Died |
| Trump et al, 1982 [7] | 52 years/F | Ommaya reservoir | Metastatic malignancy | Chloramphenicol and gentamicin* | Cured |
| Dewi et al, 1984 [8] | Preterm infant/M | Yes | IVH | none | Died |
| Muder et al, 1987 [9] | 65 years/M | EVD | IVH | TMP-SXM* | Cured |
| Girijaratnakum-ari et al, 1993 [10] | 28 years/F | craniotomy | CP angle tumor | I/V ciprofloxacin (3 weeks) | Cured |
| Nguyen et al,1994 [11] | 64 years/M | VPS | Meningioma | I/V TMP-SX with intrathecal gentamicin* | Cured |
| Papadakis et al, 1997 [12] | 36 years/F | Ommaya reservoir | Melanoma | TMP-SXM* | Cured |
| Papadakis et al, 1997 [12] | 41 years/M | Ommaya reservoir | Autologous SCT | TMP-SXM* | Died |
| Spencer et al, 2001 [13] | 31 years/F | No | None | TMP-SXM (14 days) | Cured |
| Caylan et al,2002 [14] | 52 years/M | VPS | SAH | TMP-SXM DS (3 weeks) | Cured |
| Platsouka et al, 2002 [15] | 42 years/M | Yes | Malignancy | TMP-SXM with ceftazidime * | Cured |
| Lo et al, 2002 [16] | Preterm infant/F | No | None | Ciprofloxacin (4 weeks) | Cured |
| Libanore et al, 2004 [17] | 49 years/M | No | None | Amikacin with ceftazidime (14 days ) | Cured |
| Reddy et al , 2006 [18] | 48 years/M | craniotomy | Pituitary tumor | TMP-SXM (12 days )followed by moxifloxacin (21 days) | Cured |
| Yemisen et al , 2008 [2] | 30 years/M | Craniotomy | Subdural hematoma | Ciprofloxacin and TMP-SXM (14 days) | Cured |
| Rojas et al , 2009 [19] | Preterm/M | Yes | Nil | Ciprofloxacin and TMP-SXM (21 days) | Cured |
| Huang et al ,2013 [4] | 48 years/M | Craniotomy and EVD | Nil | IV TMP-SXM + IV ciprofloxacin (23 days) | Cured |
| Huang et al ,2013 [4]. | 61 years/M | craniotomy and EVD | Nil | IV ceftazidime (63 days ) → IV ciprofloxacin (35 days ) | Cured |
| Huang et al , 2013 [4]. | 43 years/F | craniotomy and EVD | Intracranial artery aneurysm | Oral TMP-SXM (33) + IV levofloxacin (11)→ IV ciprofloxacin (22) | Cured |
| Huang et al,2013 [4] | 48 years/F | craniotomy and EVD | intracranial artery aneurysm | IV TMP - SXM + IV moxifloxacin (42 days) | Cured |
| Huang et al, 2013 [4] | 62 years/F | craniotomy and EVD | DM | IV SMZ–TMP (61)+ IV moxifloxacin (42) (28) | Died |
| Huang et al,2013 [4] | 45 years/M | craniotomy and VP shunt | Pituitary tumor | IV moxifloxacin → IV moxifloxacin+ oral TMP-SXM (14) | Died |
| Wang et al, 2013 [3] | 73 years/M | Yes, EVD | Nil | Ceftazidime (21 days) | Cured |
| Wang et al, 2013 [3] | 61 years/M | Neuro endoscopy | Nil | Ceftazidime (21 days) | Cured |
| Correia et al, 2014 [20] | 4 years/M | EVD | Nil | TMP-SMX + ceftazidime + levofloxacin 21 days | Cured |
| Ibrahim et al,2018 [1] | 13 days old/M | No | Nil | TMP-SMX and Ciprofloxacin (21 days) | Cured |
| Present case | 35 years/M | Yes /VP shunt | Nil | TMP-SMX and ceftazidime (21 days) | Cured |
| Present case | 60 years/F | Yes/EVD | HTN | TMP-SMX and colistin – (21 days) | Cured |