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Case Reports
. 2023 Apr 2:32:e01761.
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01761. eCollection 2023.

First case of bloodstream infection due to Caulobacter spp. associated with a postoperative meningitis

Romain Manchon  1 , Virginie Zarrouk  2 , Véronique Leflon  1 , Gueorgui Iakovlev  3 , Frédéric Bert  1
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First case of bloodstream infection due to Caulobacter spp. associated with a postoperative meningitis

Romain Manchon et al. IDCases. .

Abstract

Caulobacter species are aerobic Gram-negative bacilli initially isolated from aquatic environments and are an uncommon cause of human infection. We report a case of bloodstream infection and postoperative meningitis caused by Caulobacter spp. that occurred in a 53-year old woman two weeks after surgery for a breast carcinoma cerebral metastasis. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and sequencing of the 16 S ribosomal DNA identified Caulobacter spp. in three blood cultures and two cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cultures. Based on our susceptibility results, the patient was successfully treated by a 2-week course of iv imipenem followed by a 4-week course of oral trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.

Keywords: Bacteremia; Bloodstream infection; Caulobacter; Neurosurgery; Postoperative meningitis.

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Gram staining of the Caulobacter spp. isolate.
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