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Meningitis Due to Hematogenous Dissemination of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a Patient With AIDSDepartment of Medicine, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Los Angeles, California, shilpa.sayana{at}aidshealth.org
Department of Medicine, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Los Angeles, California Meningitis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a rare clinical presentation but has been well documented in postneurosurgical patients. To our knowledge, no case of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus meningitis has been previously reported in a nonneurosurgical patient with AIDS. In this case report we describe a person with AIDS who had no history of a neurosurgical procedure, shunt devices, head trauma, or recent hospitalization that presented with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus meningitis. The infection was successfully treated. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusshould be considered in the differential of meningitis in people with AIDS.
Key Words: AIDS community-acquired MRSA meningitis
This version was published on December
1, 2008 Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (JIAPAC), Vol. 7, No. 6,
289-291 (2008) |
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