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Published on: July 12, 2018
[Intracerebral abscess after infection with non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae]
Trine Torp-Pedersen1, Xiaohui Chen Nielsen, Katharina E P Olsen
1Epidemiklinikken, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 København Ø, Denmark. trine_ch@yahoo.dk
Abstract:
We present the first case of intracerebral abscess after blood-borne infection with non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae (non-01). The patient was a 66 year-old woman who was infected after swimming in Danish seawater during an unusually hot summer. She had predisposing haemochromatosis and a skin lesion on the ankle. We treated the patient with meropenem and ciprofloxacin for six weeks followed by ciprofloxacin for four weeks, and she recovered with hemiparesis and speech impairment. Marine Vibrio species may produce intracranial infection in predisposed individuals, even in temperate climate zones.
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