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2621387

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-3-27
pubmed:abstractText
A 80 year-old male was transferred to our department on 18th Aug. 1988, for high fever and clouding of the consciousness. He had been treated with steroid hormone (betamethasone 3.0 mg/day for 15 days) for his uveitis. Enterococcus faecium was isolated from both blood and spinal fluid, and then Strongyloides sterocoralis was revealed both in the sputum and stool. Anti-Human T-cell leukemia virus 1 (HTLV-1) antibody was also positive serologically. At first, beta-lactam antibiotics were used for the treatment of purulent meningitis and sepsis, but after performing sensitivity tests for E. faecium, the antibiotics were changed to rifampicin (RFP), fosfomycin (FOM) and ofloxacin (OFLX) for their excellent activity against the organism. After the clinical symptoms, subsided, thiabendazole was used for disseminated strongyloidiasis in daily doses of 2,500 mg for six days initially. The drug was used three times with two week intervals. Both bacterial and parasite infections subsided and no recurrence has been noticed until now. This is the first case of meningitis caused by E. facium complicated with strongyloidiasis.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0387-5911
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
63
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
1344-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-12-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
[A case report of meningitis and sepsis due to Enterococcus faecium complicated with strongyloidiasis].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports