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Meningitis Due to Hematogenous Dissemination of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a Patient Living With AIDS
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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 aureus should be considered in the differential of meningitis in people with AIDS.
First published on October 20, 2008, doi:10.1177/1545109708326089 |
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