Psychrobacter sanguinis: an unusual bacterium for nosocomial meningitis

Rémi Le Guern; Frédéric Wallet; Emmanuel Vega; René J Courcol; Caroline Loïez

doi:10.1128/JCM.01197-14

Psychrobacter sanguinis: an unusual bacterium for nosocomial meningitis

J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Sep;52(9):3475-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01197-14. Epub 2014 Jul 2.

Authors

Rémi Le Guern¹, Frédéric Wallet², Emmanuel Vega³, René J Courcol², Caroline Loïez⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital Center, Lille, France.
² Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital Center, Lille, France University of Lille Nord de France, Lille, France.
³ Department of Neurosurgical Intensive Care, University Hospital Center, Lille, France University of Lille Nord de France, Lille, France.
⁴ Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital Center, Lille, France University of Lille Nord de France, Lille, France caroline.loiez@chru-lille.fr.

Abstract

We report the first case of postneurosurgical meningitis due to Psychrobacter sanguinis, identified only by 16S rRNA analysis. Psychrobacter spp. usually live in deep sea environments and cold habitats. Despite a strict questioning of the patient and the medical staff, we did not find the source of this bacterium.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cluster Analysis
Cross Infection / diagnosis*
Cross Infection / microbiology*
DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
Female
Humans
Meningitis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology*
Middle Aged
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
Psychrobacter / classification
Psychrobacter / isolation & purification*
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Surgical Wound Infection / diagnosis*
Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology*

Substances

DNA, Bacterial
DNA, Ribosomal
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

GENBANK/KJ439038