Streptococcus salivarius meningitis and sphenoid sinus mucocele. Case report and literature review

Aristide Conte; Pierangelo Chinello; Rok Civljak; Angelo Bellussi; Pasquale Noto; Nicola Petrosillo

doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2005.04.013

Streptococcus salivarius meningitis and sphenoid sinus mucocele. Case report and literature review

J Infect. 2006 Jan;52(1):e27-30. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.04.013. Epub 2005 Jun 2.

Authors

Aristide Conte¹, Pierangelo Chinello, Rok Civljak, Angelo Bellussi, Pasquale Noto, Nicola Petrosillo

Affiliation

¹ Second Infectious Diseases, Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 15936084
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.04.013

Abstract

We report a case of meningitis caused by Streptococcus salivarius in a 49-year-old woman with a previously undiagnosed cerebrospinal fluid fistula due to a sphenoid mucocele. We reviewed the literature concerning meningitis caused by this uncommon organism and to the best of our knowledge this is the first case of S. salivarius meningitis associated with sphenoid mucocele.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Female
Fistula / diagnosis
Fistula / pathology
Humans
Meningitis, Bacterial / diagnosis
Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology*
Middle Aged
Mucocele / microbiology*
Mucocele / pathology
Species Specificity
Sphenoid Sinus / microbiology*
Sphenoid Sinus / pathology
Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis
Streptococcal Infections / microbiology*
Streptococcus / classification*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents