Enterococcus gallinarum meningitis in an immunocompetent host: a case report
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Enterococcus gallinarum meningitis in an immunocompetent host: a case report.
We describe a rare case of a 53-year-old man with a long history of alcohol abuse, with Enterococcus gallinarum meningitis, an organism that rarely causes human infection and is primarily found in the gastrointestinal tract of poultry. The patient improved with high-dose ampicillin and gentamicin therapy. To our knowledge, this is the first Brazilian reported case of E. gallinarum meningitis an...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0036-4665
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652010000200009