Elizabethkingia meningoseptica causing meningitis after decompressive craniectomy for traumatic brain injury in a immunocompetent adult

• Main Authors: Guru Dutta Satyarthee, Mayank Garg, Deepak Agarwal
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Academic Publishing 2018-09-01
• Series: Romanian Neurosurgery
• Subjects: Meningitis; post-decompressive surgery; immunocompetent host; treatment
• Online Access: https://www.journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/1125

Elizabethkingia is aerobic Gram negative bacteria is widely distributed in soil, food and food. It is very rarely pathogenic for human and especially those who are immunocompromised and various risk factors includes intravenous catheter, ventilatory support. We report a case, who had undergone decompressive craniectomy for traumatic brain injury, developed meningitis, CSF culture showed growth of Elizabethkingia and treated successfully with antibiotics therapy. This study reminds that rare pathogen should also be considered as causative organism for meningitis especially in postoperative cases and it responds well to antimicrobial therapy.